Effect of STATCOM on the low-voltage-ride-through capability of Type-D wind turbine generator

Author

Yunus, A. M Shiddiq ; Masoum, Mohammad A S ; Abu-Siada, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., State Polytech. of Ujungpandang, Makassar, Indonesia

fYear

2011

fDate

13-16 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Variable speed wind turbine with full scale converter or so-called Type-D wind turbine generator worldwide installation has been significantly increased in the last few years. Voltage sag in the grid side may cause the wind turbine to be disconnected from the grid. In this paper, effect of STATCOM on the low voltage ride through capability of Type-D wind turbine during voltage sag in the grid side is studied. Simulation is carried out using MATLAB/Simulink software. Results show that STATCOM can significantly improve the voltage profile at the Point of Common Coupling (PCC) and improve the capability of Type-D wind turbine and prevents it from being disconnected from the grid during certain level of voltage sag in the grid side.

Keywords

power grids; power supply quality; static VAr compensators; turbogenerators; wind power plants; wind turbines; Matlab; STATCOM; Simulink software; low-voltage-ride-through capability; point of common coupling; power grid; type-D wind turbine generator; variable speed wind turbine; voltage sag; Automatic voltage control; Educational institutions; Power system stability; Reactive power; Voltage fluctuations; Wind turbines; LVRT; STATCOM; Type-D WTG;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Asia (ISGT), 2011 IEEE PES

Conference_Location

Perth, WA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0873-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0874-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2011.6167072

Filename

6167072