Stepwise inertial control of a DFIG to prevent the over-deceleration in wind speed reduction

풍속 감소 시 Over-Deceleration 방지를 위한 DFIG 풍력발전기의 계단형 출력 관성제어

  • Kang, Moses (Department of Electrical Engineering, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Jinsik (Department of Electrical Engineering, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Kang, Yong Cheol (Department of Electrical Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
  • Published : 2015.07.15

Abstract

If a wind speed decreases during inertial control of a wind turbine generator (WTG), the rotor speed might decrease below the minimum operating limit, which is called over-deceleration (OD). When OD occurs, inertial control should be disabled and then the output power of a WTG significantly decreases. This significant power reduction causes a subsequent frequency drop. This paper proposes the stepwise inertial control to prevent OD when a wind speed decreases during inertial control. To do this, the proposed scheme changes the additional power output based on the rotor speed. The performance of the proposed scheme is investigated using an EMTP-RV simulator. The results show that the proposed inertial control scheme prevent OD even when the wind speed decreases during inertial control.

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