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Title: Permanent Magnet Synchronous Condenser for Wind Power Plant Grid Connection Support: Preprint

Abstract

A synchronous condenser (SC) using a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) is proposed for providing necessary reactive power to a wind power plant to support its connection to a weak grid. A PMSG has the advantage of higher efficiency and reliability. Because of its lack of a field winding, a PMSG is typically controlled by a full-power converter, which can be costly. In the proposed system, the reactive power of the SC is controlled by a serially connected compensator operating in a closed-loop configuration. The compensator also damps the PMSG's tendency to oscillate. The compensator's VA rating is only a fraction of the rating of the SC and the PMSG. In this initial investigation, the proposed scheme is shown to be effective by computer simulations.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
OSTI Identifier:
1326895
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-5D00-63734
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: To be presented at the IEEE 2015 9th International Conference on Power Electronics (ICPE 2015-ECCE Asia), 1-5 June 2015, Seoul, Korea
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY; 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; wind power plants; grid connection; synchronous condenser; permanent magnet synchronous machine; reactive power control; voltage stabilization

Citation Formats

Hsu, P., and Muljadi, E. Permanent Magnet Synchronous Condenser for Wind Power Plant Grid Connection Support: Preprint. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1109/ICPE.2015.7167811.
Hsu, P., & Muljadi, E. Permanent Magnet Synchronous Condenser for Wind Power Plant Grid Connection Support: Preprint. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPE.2015.7167811
Hsu, P., and Muljadi, E. 2015. "Permanent Magnet Synchronous Condenser for Wind Power Plant Grid Connection Support: Preprint". United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPE.2015.7167811. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1326895.
@article{osti_1326895,
title = {Permanent Magnet Synchronous Condenser for Wind Power Plant Grid Connection Support: Preprint},
author = {Hsu, P. and Muljadi, E.},
abstractNote = {A synchronous condenser (SC) using a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) is proposed for providing necessary reactive power to a wind power plant to support its connection to a weak grid. A PMSG has the advantage of higher efficiency and reliability. Because of its lack of a field winding, a PMSG is typically controlled by a full-power converter, which can be costly. In the proposed system, the reactive power of the SC is controlled by a serially connected compensator operating in a closed-loop configuration. The compensator also damps the PMSG's tendency to oscillate. The compensator's VA rating is only a fraction of the rating of the SC and the PMSG. In this initial investigation, the proposed scheme is shown to be effective by computer simulations.},
doi = {10.1109/ICPE.2015.7167811},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1326895}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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