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Transient Stability Enhancement of Wind Farms using Photovoltaic Solar Plant as STATCOM
Khaled Benyahia, Larbi Boumediene and Abdelkader Mezouar
Laboratory of Electro-Technical Engineering, Tahar Moulay University of Saida, Algeria
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 2016 5:375-385
Received: February 21, 2016 | Accepted: May 13, 2016 | Published: September 05, 2016
Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the improvement of the performances and transient stability of grid connected Squirrel Cage Induction Generator based on Wind Farm (SCIG-WF) by using a new coordinated control between Grid Side Converter (GSC) of the Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) and photovoltaic solar plant converter (PV-SPC) as STATCOM. Thereby, the reactive power required by the SCIG-WF can be supplied either by the DFIGs (during normal condition) and with the PV-STATCOM during grid disturbances. This control strategy can fulfill the grid codes requirement such low voltage ride through capability by ensuring a no uninterrupted operation of the wind farm. The proposed control scheme is simulated by means of MATLAB/Simulink platform, based on a detailed system model. Through the simulated results, we can conclude that the proposed control for PV-SPC to operate as STATCOM is validated and the performances of the system are improved during normal and transient conditions.
Keywords:
Doubly-fed induction generator, low voltage ride through, power quality, squirrel cage induction generator, system stability, voltage regulation,
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