Power quality enhancement in wind-grid interface based on switched filter compensator

Author

Sharaf, Adel M. ; Abdelsalam, Abdelazeem A.

Author_Institution

Energy Res. Group, Univ. of Trinidad & Tobago, Wallerfield, Trinidad and Tobago

fYear

2011

fDate

15-18 June 2011

Firstpage

404

Lastpage

409

Abstract

Wind energy is an abundant renewable source of energy that can be used to feed isolated electric loads as well as grid connected ones. The variation of wind power with the continuous variations of wind speed can cause significant power quality issues. This paper presents a low cost switched capacitor filter compensator for power quality enhancement and harmonic mitigation of distribution networks with wind energy. The power filter/capacitor compensator scheme provides an effective way to enhance power quality, reduce harmonics.

Keywords

distribution networks; power capacitors; power grids; power harmonic filters; power supply quality; renewable energy sources; switched capacitor filters; wind power plants; distribution network; harmonic mitigation; harmonic reduction; power filter-capacitor compensator scheme; power quality enhancement; renewable energy source; switched capacitor filter compensator; wind speed variation; wind-grid interface; Active filters; Generators; Harmonic analysis; Passive filters; Power harmonic filters; Reactive power; Power Quality; Switched Filter Compensator (SFC); Wind Energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications (INISTA), 2011 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-919-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INISTA.2011.5946101

Filename

5946101