Wind Power Plant Short-Circuit Modeling Guide

Technical Report · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1051716· OSTI ID:1051716

Williams, Joseph R. ^[1]; Karlson, Benjamin ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

This report presents a discussion on modeling a wind power plant for short-circuit studies at the transmission level. Due to the longer history of use and experience with synchronous machines in the electric power grid, the short-circuit behavior of power plants using these types of machines is well understood compared to a wind power plant. It is the goal of this guideline to educate utility engineers on short-circuit modeling of wind power plants in order to increase the level of understanding of wind power plant behavior. The methods presented in this paper will assist in determining the maximum short-circuit contribution from a wind power plant for system impact studies (verifying current is within interrupting ability of protection devices), relay coordination, and arc flash hazard studies.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1051716
• Report Number(s): SAND--2012-6664
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English