Harmonics in a Wind Power Plant: Preprint
Wind power generation has been growing at a very fast pace for the past decade, and its influence and impact on the electric power grid is significant. As in a conventional power plant, a wind power plant (WPP) must ensure that the quality of the power being delivered to the grid is excellent. At the same time, the wind turbine should be able to operate immune to small disturbances coming from the grid. Harmonics are one of the more common power quality issues presented by large WPPs because of the high switching frequency of the power converters and the possible nonlinear behavior from electric machines (generator, transformer, reactors) within a power plant. This paper presents a summary of the most important issues related to harmonics in WPPs and discusses practical experiences with actual Type 1 and Type 3 wind turbines in two WPPs.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
- Contributing Organization:
- Instituto Tecnologico de Morelia, Morelia, Mexico
- OSTI ID:
- 1215108
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5D00-63588
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 26-30 July 2015, Denver, Colorado
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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