Validation of GE wind plant models for system planning simulations

Author

MacDowell, Jason M. ; Clark, Kara ; Miller, Nicholas W. ; Sanchez-Gasca, Juan J.

Author_Institution

GE Energy in Schenectady, Schenectady, NY, USA

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

GE Energy has an ongoing effort dedicated to the development of models of GE wind turbine generators (WTG) suitable for representing wind plants in system impact studies. This paper documents the present recommendations for dynamic modeling of GE wind plants using either Doubly Fed Asynchronous Generators (DFAG) or Full Conversion (FC) technology. This includes GE´s 1.5 and 1.6 MW, as well as 2.5 and 2.75 MW WTGs. The paper presents both the overall model structure and validation results for the non-generic GE equipment models. The assumptions, capabilities and limitations of the plant model will also be discussed.

Keywords

asynchronous generators; power system planning; power system simulation; turbogenerators; wind power plants; wind turbines; GE energy; GE wind plant models; GE wind turbine generators; doubly fed asynchronous generators; full conversion technology; non-generic GE equipment models; power 1.5 MW; power 1.6 MW; power 2.5 MW; power 2.75 MW; system planning simulations; Generators; Load modeling; Power system dynamics; Reactive power; Rotors; Voltage control; Wind turbines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1000-1

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2011.6039485

Filename

6039485