Transient stability improvement of doubly fed induction generator based variable speed wind generator using DC resistive fault current limiter

Md Maruf Hossain; Mohd. Hasan Ali

Transient stability improvement of doubly fed induction generator based variable speed wind generator using DC resistive fault current limiter

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Author(s): Md Maruf Hossain ¹ and Mohd. Hasan Ali ¹
- Affiliations: 1: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Memphis, 3815 Central Avenue, Memphis TN 38152, USA
Source: Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2016, p. 150 – 157
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rpg.2015.0150 , Print ISSN 1752-1416, Online ISSN 1752-1424

Received 03/04/2015, Accepted 27/07/2015, Revised 03/07/2015, Published 01/02/2016

Currently, the doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) is getting wider popularity due to its ability to adapt with variable wind speed and to capture more wind energy. According to the grid code, transient stability enhancement of the DFIG system is very important. Though DFIG has a salient feature of the fault ride through capability, this is not sufficient to preserve the necessity of the grid code when the DFIG system is connected with the grid. To accomplish this goal, a DC resistive superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) is proposed, as it reduces the system power losses during stable operation of the network with improved system efficiency, in comparison with the conventional SFCL. To verify the performance of the transient stability of the DFIG based wind power system with the DC resistive SFCL, both the symmetrical and asymmetrical faults are considered. The performance of the DC resistive SFCL is compared with that of the series dynamic braking resistor (SDBR) and the crowbar system. Simulations are carried out by using the Matlab/Simulink software. Simulation results clearly indicate that the proposed DC resistive SFCL improves the transient stability of DFIG based variable speed wind generator well. Moreover, the overall performance of the proposed method is better than that of the SDBR, as well as the crowbar system.

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