Title :
Dynamic performance analysis of a wind farm equipped with STATCOM
Author :
Marei, Mostafa I. ; El-Goharey, Hamdy S. K.
Author_Institution :
Electr. Power & Machines Dept., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt
Abstract :
This work presents extensive investigation on the dynamic performance of a fixed speed wind farm equipped with Static Synchronous Compensators (STATCOM). The STATCOM controller is tailored to regulate the terminal voltage at the wind farm to improve its Low Voltage Ride-Through (LVRT) capability. Consequently, the STATCOM compensates for the reactive power of the wind farm during the recovery from the fault leading to system stability improvement. Simulation results obtained from PSCAD/EMTDC package are discussed to illustrate the dynamic behavior of the proposed scheme.
Keywords :
power generation control; power generation faults; static VAr compensators; voltage control; wind power plants; EMTDC package; LVRT capability; PSCAD package; STATCOM; dynamic performance analysis; fixed speed wind farm; low voltage ride-through; reactive power compensation; static synchronous compensators; system stability improvement; terminal voltage regulation; Automatic voltage control; Circuit faults; Generators; Reactive power; Torque; Wind farms; Wind turbines; STATCOM; fixed speed wind farm; low voltage ride-through; voltage regulation;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives (POWERENG), 2013 Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
DOI :
10.1109/PowerEng.2013.6635644
