Wind Turbine Oriented Solutions to Improve Power Quality and Harmonic Compliance of AC Offshore Wind Power Plants

The operation of offshore wind power plants with respect to power quality and grid code compliance must be verified for different conditions in the design phase using harmonic analysis methods. This paper addresses this verification by first considering a scenario in which wind turbines operate with...

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Main Authors: Carlos Ruiz, Gonzalo Abad, Markel Zubiaga, Danel Madariaga, Joseba Arza
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2021-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9656157/
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author Carlos Ruiz
Gonzalo Abad
Markel Zubiaga
Danel Madariaga
Joseba Arza
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Markel Zubiaga
Danel Madariaga
Joseba Arza
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description The operation of offshore wind power plants with respect to power quality and grid code compliance must be verified for different conditions in the design phase using harmonic analysis methods. This paper addresses this verification by first considering a scenario in which wind turbines operate with a typically used modulation strategy, carrier-based pulse width modulation. The studies are performed at several operating points, not only at the rated condition, and at two points of the electrical infrastructure, at the point of connection of the wind turbine and at the point of common coupling of the offshore wind farm. For this type of modulation technique and according to the resonance conditions of the studied offshore system, the harmonic distortion of current signals is relatively high and the compliance of the German – grid code is not achieved. To tackle this, wind turbine manufacturer oriented solutions are proposed with the aim of improving the harmonic emission of the offshore wind farm. The implementation of a particular solution of selective harmonic elimination is presented together with complementary solutions to further improve the harmonic emission of the wind power facility. Furthermore, this paper discloses the modeling approach to account for an adequate harmonic assessment of the wind power plant under study.
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spelling doaj.art-2c60c565e13a4803b417673822eb13b92022-12-21T19:38:03ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362021-01-01916709616711610.1109/ACCESS.2021.31367139656157Wind Turbine Oriented Solutions to Improve Power Quality and Harmonic Compliance of AC Offshore Wind Power PlantsCarlos Ruiz0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1851-2368Gonzalo Abad1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5347-7513Markel Zubiaga2Danel Madariaga3Joseba Arza4Electronics and Computer Science Department, Mondragon University, Mondragon, SpainElectronics and Computer Science Department, Mondragon University, Mondragon, SpainIngeteam Research and Development Europe S. L., Zamudio, SpainIngeteam Research and Development Europe S. L., Zamudio, SpainIngeteam Research and Development Europe S. L., Zamudio, SpainThe operation of offshore wind power plants with respect to power quality and grid code compliance must be verified for different conditions in the design phase using harmonic analysis methods. This paper addresses this verification by first considering a scenario in which wind turbines operate with a typically used modulation strategy, carrier-based pulse width modulation. The studies are performed at several operating points, not only at the rated condition, and at two points of the electrical infrastructure, at the point of connection of the wind turbine and at the point of common coupling of the offshore wind farm. For this type of modulation technique and according to the resonance conditions of the studied offshore system, the harmonic distortion of current signals is relatively high and the compliance of the German – grid code is not achieved. To tackle this, wind turbine manufacturer oriented solutions are proposed with the aim of improving the harmonic emission of the offshore wind farm. The implementation of a particular solution of selective harmonic elimination is presented together with complementary solutions to further improve the harmonic emission of the wind power facility. Furthermore, this paper discloses the modeling approach to account for an adequate harmonic assessment of the wind power plant under study.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9656157/Wind energy integrationoffshore wind power plantspower system harmonicspower harmonic filtergrid codemodulation strategies
spellingShingle Carlos Ruiz
Gonzalo Abad
Markel Zubiaga
Danel Madariaga
Joseba Arza
Wind Turbine Oriented Solutions to Improve Power Quality and Harmonic Compliance of AC Offshore Wind Power Plants
IEEE Access
Wind energy integration
offshore wind power plants
power system harmonics
power harmonic filter
grid code
modulation strategies
title Wind Turbine Oriented Solutions to Improve Power Quality and Harmonic Compliance of AC Offshore Wind Power Plants
title_full Wind Turbine Oriented Solutions to Improve Power Quality and Harmonic Compliance of AC Offshore Wind Power Plants
title_fullStr Wind Turbine Oriented Solutions to Improve Power Quality and Harmonic Compliance of AC Offshore Wind Power Plants
title_full_unstemmed Wind Turbine Oriented Solutions to Improve Power Quality and Harmonic Compliance of AC Offshore Wind Power Plants
title_short Wind Turbine Oriented Solutions to Improve Power Quality and Harmonic Compliance of AC Offshore Wind Power Plants
title_sort wind turbine oriented solutions to improve power quality and harmonic compliance of ac offshore wind power plants
topic Wind energy integration
offshore wind power plants
power system harmonics
power harmonic filter
grid code
modulation strategies
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9656157/
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