Implementation, Comparison and Application of an Average Simulation Model of a Wind Turbine Driven Doubly Fed Induction Generator

Lidula N. Widanagama Arachchige, Athula D. Rajapakse and Dharshana Muthumuni
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Lidula N. Widanagama Arachchige: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa 10400, Sri Lanka
Athula D. Rajapakse: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada
Dharshana Muthumuni: Manitoba HVDC Research Centre, Winnipeg, MB R3P 1A3, Canada

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 11, 1-25

Abstract: Wind turbine driven doubly-fed induction generators (DFIGs) are widely used in the wind power industry. With the increasing penetration of wind farms, analysis of their effect on power systems has become a critical requirement. This paper presents the modeling of wind turbine driven DFIGs using the conventional vector controls in a detailed model of a DFIG that represents power electronics (PE) converters with device level models and proposes an average model eliminating the PE converters. The PSCAD/EMTDC™ (4.6) electromagnetic transient simulation software is used to develop the detailed and the proposing average model of a DFIG. The comparison of the two models reveals that the designed average DFIG model is adequate for simulating and analyzing most of the transient conditions.

Keywords: average simulation model; doubly-fed induction generator; DFIG model; electromagnetic transients; wind turbine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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