SCR-based wind turbine control for a DC distributed wind farm

Author

Nanayakkara, Ravi ; Nasiri, Adel

Author_Institution

Rockwell Autom., Milwaukee, WI, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

15-20 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

2059

Lastpage

2066

Abstract

This paper details the study of permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) for wind turbines and its control for maximum power point tracking, while connected to a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) bus using a 12 pulse thyristor network. The connection to the HVDC bus is done without the use of a back-to-back converter for the PMSG, reducing the complexity and cost of the PMSG power converter. The use of SCR (Silicon Controlled Rectifier) vs IGBT at higher power levels also offer lower cost. HVDC power distribution allows ease of integrating DC storage for power conditioning and support the stability of the utility grid. Proposed new Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS) is described in details and is verified by using MATLAB software and hardware setup.

Keywords

HVDC power convertors; maximum power point trackers; permanent magnet generators; power generation control; power grids; synchronous generators; thyristor applications; wind turbines; 12 pulse thyristor network; DC distributed wind farm; HVDC power distribution; IGBT; MATLAB software; PMSG power converter; SCR; WECS; high voltage direct current bus; maximum power point tracking; permanent magnet synchronous generator; power conditioning; silicon controlled rectifier; utility grid; wind energy conversion systems; wind turbine control; Current measurement; Generators; HVDC transmission; Thyristors; Voltage measurement; Wind farms; HVDC; SCR; wind energy; wind turbine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Raleigh, NC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0802-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-0801-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342558

Filename

6342558