A compositive control method of low‐voltage ride through for PMSG‐based wind turbine generator system. Issue 1 (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xing, Pengxiang; Fu, Lijun; Wang, Gang; Wang, Yi; Zhang, Yan
• Is Part Of: IET generation, transmission & distribution. Volume 12:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 117
• Page End: 125
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: voltage control -- wind turbines -- wind power plants -- permanent magnet generators -- synchronous generators -- power generation control -- rotors -- power convertors -- power grids -- delays -- fault diagnosis -- power generation faults -- power control; compositive control method -- low‐voltage ride through -- PMSG‐based wind turbine generator system -- rotor kinetic energy -- machine side converter -- MSC -- grid side converter -- GSC -- permanent magnet synchronous generator -- wind turbine generator system -- LVRT -- time delay -- grid fault detection -- control system inertia -- dc‐link capacitor -- electrical power control -- crowbar circuit -- reactive power -- grid voltage recovery -- WTGS; Electric power production -- Periodicals; Electric power transmission -- Periodicals; Electric power distribution -- Periodicals; 621.3105
• DOI: 10.1049/iet-gtd.2017.0270
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-8687

Abstract

Abstract : Converting the surplus power into rotor kinetic energy by changing the control functions of machine side converter (MSC) and grid side converter (GSC) is considered to be an efficient way for permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG)‐based wind turbine generator system (WTGS) to accomplish low‐voltage ride through (LVRT) without additional hardware components. However, because of the time delay of grid fault detection and the control system inertia, the dc‐link capacitor may still be subjected to overvoltage in the early tens of milliseconds after a grid fault happens. This study proposes a compositive control method of LVRT for PMSG‐based WTGS, in which the surplus power during LVRT is converted into rotor kinetic energy by controlling the electrical power of the PMSG according to the grid‐connected power of the GSC, and a crowbar circuit is reserved to consume the surplus power before MSC reacts to the grid fault. The proposed method does not change the control functions of MSC and GSC, and the related control parameters resetting can be avoid. Besides, it can also provide reactive power support to assist the grid voltage recovery. Simulations and experiments proved the proposed method to be feasible and effective.