Fault current limiter-battery energy storage system for the doubly-fed induction generator: analysis and experimental verification

Wenyong Guo; Liye Xiao; Shaotao Dai

Fault current limiter-battery energy storage system for the doubly-fed induction generator: analysis and experimental verification

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Author(s): Wenyong Guo ¹ ; Liye Xiao ¹ ; Shaotao Dai ¹
- Affiliations: 1: Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
Source: Volume 10, Issue 3, 18 February 2016, p. 653 – 660
DOI: 10.1049/iet-gtd.2014.1158 , Print ISSN 1751-8687, Online ISSN 1751-8695

Received 05/12/2014, Accepted 26/06/2015, Revised 16/06/2015, Published 18/02/2016

Weak low voltage ride-through (LVRT) ability and unstable output power are two major problems faced by the doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG). To solve these two problems simultaneously, a commercially available fault current limiter-battery energy storage system (FCL–BESS), which is suitable to be applied in a microgrid, is proposed in this study. During normal operation, the FCL–BESS stabilises the output power of DFIG by compensating the fluctuating component of DFIG output power with energy buffering capability provided by the battery energy storage system (BESS). On occurrence of a grid fault, the FCL–BESS enhances the LVRT ability of DFIG by inserting the fault current limiting inductor into the stator, which weakens the rotor back electromagnetic force voltage and limits the rotor overcurrent. The FCL–BESS also stabilises the DC-link voltage by the BESS, which further strengthens the controllability of grid-side converter and rotor-side converter. Moreover, the FCL–BESS is able to help grid voltage recover fast and smoothly by providing power support to the grid. Experiments under different conditions have been carried out with a 2 kW prototype to evaluate the performance of the proposed FCL–BESS. Experimental results show that the FCL–BESS have much better performance than using single fault current limiter or BESS and can solve the two problems faced by the DFIG simultaneously and effectively.

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