Effect of Low Voltage Ride Through Technologies on Wind Farm

Author

Morneau, J. ; Abbey, Chad ; Joos, Geza

fYear

2007

fDate

25-26 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

56

Lastpage

61

Abstract

Doubly fed induction generators (DFIG) offer many advantage when used with wind turbines. Given their configuration, they are particularly sensitive to grid faults. As many countries now require wind turbine generators to remain connected to the grid during faults, low voltage ride through solutions are being developed to fulfill this new requirement. This paper offers a comparison of different LVRT solutions. The effects of each method on a small network containing both conventional generators and wind turbines are investigated. The performance of the different solutions is evaluated based on the wind turbines response.

Keywords

fault diagnosis; power grids; turbogenerators; wind turbines; doubly fed induction generators; grid faults; low voltage ride through technologies; wind farm; wind turbine generators; Induction generators; Low voltage; Mesh generation; Power generation; Power system protection; Rotors; Wind energy generation; Wind farms; Wind power generation; Wind turbines; Wind energy; doubly fed induction generator (DFIG); low voltage ride through (LVRT);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Power Conference, 2007. EPC 2007. IEEE Canada

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1444-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1445-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPC.2007.4520306

Filename

4520306