Control and operation of wind turbine converters during faults in an offshore wind power plant grid with VSC-HVDC connection

Sanjay Chaudhary; Remus Teodorescu; Pedro Rodriguez; P.C.  Kjær

doi:10.1109/PES.2011.6039804

Control and operation of wind turbine converters during faults in an offshore wind power plant grid with VSC-HVDC connection

Sanjay Chaudhary, Remus Teodorescu, Pedro Rodriguez, P.C. Kjær

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Abstract

Voltage source converter (VSC) based high voltage dc (HVDC) transmission is an attractive technique for large offshore wind power plants, especially when long cable transmission is required for connection to the onshore grid. New multi-MW wind turbines are likely to be equipped with full scale converters to meet the stringent grid code requirements. In such a scenario, the offshore grid is terminated to the power electronic converters on all the ends.
This paper presents a control scheme for the synchronization and control of the grid side converters (GSC) of the wind turbine generators (WTG). Current limit control enables the GSC to sustain the fault currents during short circuits in the offshore wind collector system grid. However, power transmission is affected, and the fault has to be isolated. It can be resynchronized after the fault has been cleared and the breaker reclosed. Healthy WTG converters can remain connected. The scheme is demonstrated through PSCAD/EMTDC simulation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting 2011
Number of pages	8
Publisher	IEEE Press
Publication date	2011
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4577-1000-1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4577-1001-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PES.2011.6039804
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting 2011 - Detroit, Michigan, United States Duration: 24 Jul 2011 → 29 Jul 2011

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Conference	IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Detroit, Michigan
Period	24/07/2011 → 29/07/2011

Keywords

Wind power plants
Symmetrical and symmetrical faults
Over-current relays
Wind turbine generators
VSC-HVDC

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Chaudhary, S , Teodorescu, R, Rodriguez, P & Kjær, PC 2011, Control and operation of wind turbine converters during faults in an offshore wind power plant grid with VSC-HVDC connection. in Proceedings of the IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting 2011. IEEE Press, IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting 2011 , Detroit, Michigan, United States, 24/07/2011. https://doi.org/10.1109/PES.2011.6039804

Control and operation of wind turbine converters during faults in an offshore wind power plant grid with VSC-HVDC connection. / Chaudhary, Sanjay ; Teodorescu, Remus; Rodriguez, Pedro et al.
Proceedings of the IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting 2011. IEEE Press, 2011.

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Control and operation of wind turbine converters during faults in an offshore wind power plant grid with VSC-HVDC connection

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