Custom power systems and software platforms for wind farms under voltage dips situations

Author

Álvarez, C. ; Amarís, H. ; Samuelsson, O. ; Flórez, D. ; González, L.

Author_Institution

Carlos III Univ., Madrid

fYear

2008

fDate

1-4 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Wind generation is one of the most important renewable energy technologies. The most common type of wind turbine is the fixed-speed directly connected to the grid. Faults in the power system can originate the disconnection of wind farms. Grid codes appear. Custom power systems, such as D-STATCOM and DVR, are needed for helping old wind farms to withstand the sag. DFIG with the appropriate converter control can comply with grid codes. For simulating and testing the behavior of DFIG, an adequately software platform is needed. Here, the comparison between Matlab SimPowerSystems Vs Matlab-PSIM co-simulation for solving the problem is studied. The PSIM-MATLAB co-simulation is found to be advantageous for analyzing, e.g., DFIG converters in dynamic simulations.

Keywords

power convertors; power grids; power system analysis computing; power system stability; static VAr compensators; wind power plants; DFIG converters; DVR; Matlab-PSIM co-simulation; STATCOM; Wind generation; custom power systems; grid codes; power grid; power system Faults; renewable energy technologies; software platforms; voltage dips situations; wind farms; Automatic voltage control; Power system faults; Power system simulation; Power systems; Renewable energy resources; Software systems; Voltage fluctuations; Wind energy generation; Wind farms; Wind turbines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universities Power Engineering Conference, 2008. UPEC 2008. 43rd International

Conference_Location

Padova

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3294-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-89884-09-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/UPEC.2008.4651583

Filename

4651583