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Blackstart Capability and Survivability of Wind Turbines with Fully Rated Converters

Journal Article · · IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
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  1. Iowa State University, Ames, IA (United States)
  2. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

We report the blackstart capability of wind turbines is critical for the recovery of wind-dominant power systems from blackouts. If wind power plants are not able to restore a power system, the incorporation of wind resources into electric grids could be limited by blackstart capability. This paper tackles this problem by setting forth a grid-forming controller for Type 4 wind turbines which employ fully rated power converters. To this end, we engineer two-axis anti-windup proportional-integral regulators that serve to ride through restoration disturbances. We also design an active protection system to prevent wind turbines from stalling during recovery from blackouts. We demonstrate in a high-fidelity simulation environment that Type 4 wind turbines with the developed controllers and protection subsystem can: (i) re-energize a notional wind-dominant grid; (ii) ride through asymmetrical faults; and (iii) survive low wind speed events.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind Energy Technologies Office (EE-4W)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308; SC0021410
OSTI ID:
1898571
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5D00-81323; MainId:82096; UUID:d6260dd1-b7ef-41c4-8a0f-75b8081dc16e; MainAdminID:68008
Journal Information:
IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 37; ISSN 0885-8969
Publisher:
IEEECopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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