STATCOM-controlled HVDC Power Transmission for Large Offshore Wind Farms: Engineering Issues

Author

Bozhko, S. ; Li, R. ; Blasco-Gimenez, R. ; Asher, G.M. ; Clare, J.C. ; Yao, L. ; Sasse, C.

Author_Institution

Nottingham Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

6-10 Nov. 2006

Firstpage

4219

Lastpage

4224

Abstract

The paper considers a solution for integration of large offshore DFIG-based wind farms with a common collection bus controlled by a STATCOM into the main onshore grid using line-commutated HVDC connection. A design procedure is described and the controlled system is validated using PSCAD/EMTDC simulations confirming high performance of the proposed control strategy in both normal operation conditions and faults. Engineering issues related to STATCOM capacitor sizing and reduction of STATCOM rating are considered and their effectiveness is confirmed

Keywords

HVDC power transmission; commutation; offshore installations; power capacitors; power grids; power system CAD; power transmission control; static VAr compensators; wind power plants; EMTDC simulations; HVDC line commutation; PSCAD; STATCOM capacitor sizing; STATCOM-controlled HVDC power transmission; common collection bus; large offshore wind farms; onshore grid; Automatic voltage control; HVDC transmission; Induction generators; Power engineering and energy; Power harmonic filters; Power system dynamics; Power system harmonics; Power system modeling; Power transmission; Wind farms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IEEE Industrial Electronics, IECON 2006 - 32nd Annual Conference on

Conference_Location

Paris

ISSN

1553-572X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0390-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2006.347305

Filename

4153216