Fault Current Contribution from VSC-based Wind Turbines to the Grid
Studenteropgave: Kandidatspeciale og HD afgangsprojekt
- Massimo Valentini
10. semester, Elektronik og IT, Kandidatuddannelsen (Spec. Power Electronics and Drives) (Kandidatuddannelse)
When performing short-circuit investigations
in power systems including wind power, valuable
and accurate results can only be obtained
by considering the real behaviour of wind turbines
which is specified in national grid codes.
This requires the consideration of the exact
active and reactive current injections during
the fault.
In this master thesis an equivalent VSC-based
wind turbine model for short-ciruit calculations
at steady-state conditions is developed;
it is based on the Thevenin equivalent where
paramenters are adjusted by a routine in order
to force the model to behave as required by the
German grid code, which is considered as reference
regarding the grid voltage support. The
routine, including the adjustable wind turbine
model, is implemented in DigSILENT PowerFactory
using the DPL-Programming Language.
The developed wind turbine model is validated
by comparison with a valiadated dynamic
model provided by Siemens Wind
Power. The comparison in some significant
cases proves that the routine accurately implements
the injection of the desired active and
reactive current components according to the
German grid code.
The wind turbine model is finally rescaled to
obtain an aggregate wind farm model and used
to perform short-circuit calculations in a real
power system including wind power. The Danish
transmission system is considered and a
large offshore wind farm with VSC-based wind
turbines is included in the investigation. Test
results in significant study cases prove that
the current contribution from the wind farm
has been successfully implemented in a general
way and, thus, initial project goals have
been completely achieved.
Sprog | Engelsk |
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Udgivelsesdato | 2008 |
Antal sider | 134 |
Udgivende institution | Aalborg University, Department of Energy Technology |
Emneord | Fault ride-through, Short-circuit, Wind Power |
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