Active Power Control of DFIG Wind Turbines for Transient Stability Enhancement

This paper proposes an adaptive Dynamic Power Reduction (aDPR) scheme for Type-3 Wind Turbine-Generators (WTGs) to enhance transient stability of synchronous generators (SGs), with benefits of increasing transfer limits on already fully loaded transmission paths. The scheme consists of three compone...

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Main Authors: Stavros Konstantinopoulos, Joe H. Chow
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2023-01-01
Series:IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9844776/
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description This paper proposes an adaptive Dynamic Power Reduction (aDPR) scheme for Type-3 Wind Turbine-Generators (WTGs) to enhance transient stability of synchronous generators (SGs), with benefits of increasing transfer limits on already fully loaded transmission paths. The scheme consists of three components to deal with a fault close to a SG. Initially, the WTG curtails its active power to a predefined level to act as a dynamic brake for the SG. Then the controller monitors the rate of change of frequency to adaptively ramp the WTG back to its original power output while minimizing the WTG pitch and rotor motion. Finally, to reduce the risk of second-swing instability, the converter uses its reactive current to damp SG power swings. The aDPR scheme can be classified as a remedial action scheme and is enabled if its action can ensure transient stability. To demonstrate the effectiveness of aDPR and to benchmark it against other WTG active current and frequency feedback control techniques, a single-machine infinite-bus system with one WTG is utilized. Next, an aDPR enabled WTG is integrated in the NPCC 68-bus system. Finally, the aDPR controller’s ability to prevent transient instability is demonstrated on the two-area system.
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spelling doaj.art-957d6f92b49746639580ff70d9a516ba2024-01-18T00:01:54ZengIEEEIEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy2687-79102023-01-011020822110.1109/OAJPE.2022.31948659844776Active Power Control of DFIG Wind Turbines for Transient Stability EnhancementStavros Konstantinopoulos0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0806-2201Joe H. Chow1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6021-0112Grid Operations and Planning Group, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, USADepartment of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USAThis paper proposes an adaptive Dynamic Power Reduction (aDPR) scheme for Type-3 Wind Turbine-Generators (WTGs) to enhance transient stability of synchronous generators (SGs), with benefits of increasing transfer limits on already fully loaded transmission paths. The scheme consists of three components to deal with a fault close to a SG. Initially, the WTG curtails its active power to a predefined level to act as a dynamic brake for the SG. Then the controller monitors the rate of change of frequency to adaptively ramp the WTG back to its original power output while minimizing the WTG pitch and rotor motion. Finally, to reduce the risk of second-swing instability, the converter uses its reactive current to damp SG power swings. The aDPR scheme can be classified as a remedial action scheme and is enabled if its action can ensure transient stability. To demonstrate the effectiveness of aDPR and to benchmark it against other WTG active current and frequency feedback control techniques, a single-machine infinite-bus system with one WTG is utilized. Next, an aDPR enabled WTG is integrated in the NPCC 68-bus system. Finally, the aDPR controller’s ability to prevent transient instability is demonstrated on the two-area system.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9844776/DFIGtransient stabilityrenewable energywind turbineremedial action schemeactive power control
spellingShingle Stavros Konstantinopoulos
Joe H. Chow
Active Power Control of DFIG Wind Turbines for Transient Stability Enhancement
IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy
DFIG
transient stability
renewable energy
wind turbine
remedial action scheme
active power control
title Active Power Control of DFIG Wind Turbines for Transient Stability Enhancement
title_full Active Power Control of DFIG Wind Turbines for Transient Stability Enhancement
title_fullStr Active Power Control of DFIG Wind Turbines for Transient Stability Enhancement
title_full_unstemmed Active Power Control of DFIG Wind Turbines for Transient Stability Enhancement
title_short Active Power Control of DFIG Wind Turbines for Transient Stability Enhancement
title_sort active power control of dfig wind turbines for transient stability enhancement
topic DFIG
transient stability
renewable energy
wind turbine
remedial action scheme
active power control
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