Title : 
Effects of STATCOM on wind turbines equipped with DFIGs during grid faults
         
        
            Author : 
Fazli, Mehrdad ; Shafighi, Ali Reza ; Fazli, Ali ; Shayanfar, Heidar Ali
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Islamic Azad Univ. - South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Nowadays, the power system is facing new challenges in increasing renewable energy sources´ penetration. One of these problems is voltage stability in wind farms equipped with doubly fed induction generators (DFIGs) during grid faults. Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) devices can be used for this problem. This paper, investigates the Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) application to achieve uninterrupted operation of wind turbine equipped with DFIG during grid faults. The simulation has been done in PSCAD/EMTDC framework.
         
        
            Keywords : 
EMTP; asynchronous generators; flexible AC transmission systems; power system CAD; power transmission faults; static VAr compensators; wind turbines; DFIG; FACTS; PSCAD/EMTDC framework; STATCOM; doubly fed induction generators; flexible AC transmission system; grid faults; power system; renewable energy source penetration; static synchronous compensator; uninterrupted operation; voltage stability; wind farms; wind turbines; Automatic voltage control; Circuit faults; Power system stability; Reactive power; Rotors; Wind turbines; doubly fed induction generator (DFIGs); static synchronous compensator (STATCOM); wind turbine;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
World Non-Grid-Connected Wind Power and Energy Conference (WNWEC), 2010
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Nanjing
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-8920-6
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-8921-3
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/WNWEC.2010.5673205