Optimizing the Annual Energy Production of Doubly-Fed Induction Generator Based Wind Turbines

Author

Aguglia, Davide ; Wamkeue, R. ; Viarouge, P. ; Cros, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Laval Univ., Quebec City, QC

fYear

2007

fDate

25-26 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

248

Lastpage

255

Abstract

This paper presents a detailed methodology for the estimation and optimization of the annualized performances of wind turbines equipped with doubly-fed induction generators (DFIG). The method takes into account the losses and ratings of different system components : gearbox, DFIG, and power converters. The influence of the DC-bus voltage limit of the power converters on the annual energy yield reduction is analyzed and quantified. The influence of the blade pitch angle control strategy is also discussed and the compromises between the characteristics of the different system components are investigated. The methodology is applied to 2MW wind power plant.

Keywords

asynchronous generators; gears; power convertors; wind power plants; wind turbines; DC-bus voltage limit; annual energy production; blade pitch angle control strategy; doubly-fed induction generator; gearbox; power 2 MW; power converters; wind power plant; wind turbines; Blades; Design methodology; Induction generators; Power system modeling; Production; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind power generation; Wind speed; Wind turbines; Design methodology; Gears; Induction generators; Wind energy; Yield optimization;

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.2007.4520338

Filename

4520338