THD Reduction in Distributed Renewables Energy Access through Wind Energy Conversion System Integration under Wind Speed Conditions in Tamaulipas, Mexico

Nadia Maria Salgado-Herrera, David Campos-Gaona, Olimpo Anaya-Lara, Miguel Robles, Osvaldo Rodríguez-Hernández and Juan Ramón Rodríguez-Rodríguez
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Nadia Maria Salgado-Herrera: Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Priv. Xochicalco s/n, Col. Centro, Temixco, Morelos CP. 62580, Mexico
David Campos-Gaona: Institute for Energy and Environment, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK
Olimpo Anaya-Lara: Institute for Energy and Environment, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK
Miguel Robles: Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Priv. Xochicalco s/n, Col. Centro, Temixco, Morelos CP. 62580, Mexico
Osvaldo Rodríguez-Hernández: Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Priv. Xochicalco s/n, Col. Centro, Temixco, Morelos CP. 62580, Mexico
Juan Ramón Rodríguez-Rodríguez: Facultad de Ingeniería, Depto. Energía Eléctrica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000, Col. UNAM CU, Coyoacán CDMX CP. 04510, Mexico

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 18, 1-19

Abstract: In this article, a technique for the reduction of total harmonic distortion (THD) in distributed renewables energy access (DREA) composed of wind turbines is introduced and tested under the wind speed conditions presented in Tamaulipas, Mexico. The analysis and simulation are delimited by a study case based on wind speeds measured and recorded for one year at two highs in the municipality of Soto La Marina, Tamaulipas, Mexico. From this information, the most probable wind speed and the corresponding turbulence intensity is calculated and applied to a wind energy conversion system (WECS). The WECS is composed of an active front-end (AFE) converter topology using four voltage source converters (VSCs) connected in parallel with a different phase shift angle at the digital sinusoidal pulse width modulation (DSPWM) signals of each VSC. The WECS is formed by the connection of five type-4 wind turbines (WTs). The effectiveness and robustness of the DREA integration are reviewed in the light of a complete mathematical model and corroborated by the simulation results in Matlab-Simulink ® . The results evidence a reduction of the THD in grid currents up to four times and which enables the delivery of a power capacity of 10 MVA in the Tamaulipas AC distribution grid that complies with grid code of harmonic distortion production.

Keywords: wind farm control; wind energy conversion systems; reactive power control; THD; type-4 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: 2019
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