Grid voltage support by means of a small Wind Turbine System

Author

Orlando, N.A. ; Mastromauro, R.A. ; Liserre, M. ; Dell´Aquila, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Politec. di Bari, Bari

fYear

2008

fDate

10-13 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

2178

Lastpage

2183

Abstract

The paper presents a small Wind Turbine System (WTS) improved with voltage compensation functionality. In the WTS the Permanent Magnet Generator (PMG) control is designed to maximize the power output and achieve a smooth torque and power profile. The grid-side converter is controlled in order to maintain constant the voltage for local loads also in presence of grid voltage variations. The proposed control allows to obtain sinusoidal grid currents and high power factor during normal operation conditions while the control of the reactive power injected by the wind turbine system provides voltage support.

Keywords

permanent magnet generators; wind turbines; grid voltage support; grid-side converter; permanent magnet generator control; small wind turbine system; voltage compensation functionality; Active filters; Frequency; Inverters; Power generation; Reactive power; Reactive power control; Voltage control; Voltage fluctuations; Wind energy generation; Wind turbines; WTS; voltage controlled inverter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 2008. IECON 2008. 34th Annual Conference of IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1553-572X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1767-4

Electronic_ISBN

1553-572X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2008.4758294

Filename

4758294