Overvoltages in LV rural feeders with high penetration of wind energy

Author

Chalise, Santosh ; Poudel, Binod Prasad ; Tonkoski, Reinaldo

fYear

2013

fDate

21-25 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Overvoltage is a major limiting factor for the integration of distributed generation into the grid. This paper, discusses the use of active power curtailment of wind energy systems using pitch angle control and a voltage droop function as means to mitigate the overvoltage problem. This method is validated by a simulation study in PSCAD using typical low voltage rural feeder parameters and 24 hours wind velocity and residential load profiles. Results showed the effectiveness of the method keeping the voltage within acceptable limits.

Keywords

distributed power generation; load (electric); power generation control; wind power plants; LV rural feeders; PSCAD; active power curtailment; distributed generation; overvoltage problem; pitch angle control; power grid; residential load profiles; time 24 hour; voltage droop function; voltage rural feeder parameters; wind energy penetration; wind energy systems; wind velocity; Standards; Surge protection; Surges; Voltage control; Wind energy; Wind speed; Wind turbines; Distributed generation; integration; pitch control; power curtailment; renewable; wind energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PES), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESMG.2013.6672971

Filename

6672971