Real time implementation of STATCOM to analyze transient and dynamic characteristics of wind farm

Adnan Sattar; Ahmed Al-Durra; S. M. Muyeen

doi:10.1109/IECON.2011.6119918

Real time implementation of STATCOM to analyze transient and dynamic characteristics of wind farm

Adnan Sattar
, Ahmed Al-Durra
, S. M. Muyeen

Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

In this paper, a grid connected wind farm with a static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) is modeled in Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) environment to analyze its dynamic and transient characteristics in real system. This work is also a part of future power hardware-in-loop (PHIL) test and therefore, individual components are models considering practical viewpoints. Wind turbines and generators of a wind farm, power grid, and control system are realized in the large time-step main network. However, 2-level voltage source converter based STATCOM is modeled in RTDS small time-step environment to adapt with higher switching frequency, where interface transformer is used to link the different time step sub-networks. Suitable control strategy for STATCOM is developed to augment the stability of wind farm considering that capacitor connected at the terminal of wind generator is reduced up to certain percentage. Option for integrating anemometer for dynamic characteristics analysis, difficulties of STATCOM switching schemes for implementing PHIL testing in RTDS environment are discussed. Results are compared with Laboratory standard power system software PSCAD/EMTDC and the advantages of using RTDS in dynamic and transient characteristics analyses of wind farm are also demonstrated clearly.

Original language	British English
Title of host publication	Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	IECON 2011 - 37th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Pages	3742-3747
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2011.6119918
State	Published - 2011
Event	37th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2011 - Melbourne, VIC, Australia Duration: 7 Nov 2011 → 10 Nov 2011

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Name	IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

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Conference	37th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2011
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne, VIC
Period	7/11/11 → 10/11/11

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Keywords

Fixed Speed Wind Generator (FSWG)
PSCAD/EMTDC
RTDS
STATCOM
Voltage source converter (VSC)
wind energy

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Sattar, A., Al-Durra, A., & Muyeen, S. M. (2011). Real time implementation of STATCOM to analyze transient and dynamic characteristics of wind farm. In Proceedings: IECON 2011 - 37th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (pp. 3742-3747). Article 6119918 (IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2011.6119918

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Sattar, A, Al-Durra, A & Muyeen, SM 2011, Real time implementation of STATCOM to analyze transient and dynamic characteristics of wind farm. in Proceedings: IECON 2011 - 37th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society., 6119918, IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference), pp. 3742-3747, 37th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2011, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 7/11/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2011.6119918

Real time implementation of STATCOM to analyze transient and dynamic characteristics of wind farm. / Sattar, Adnan; Al-Durra, Ahmed; Muyeen, S. M.
Proceedings: IECON 2011 - 37th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. 2011. p. 3742-3747 6119918 (IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)).

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Real time implementation of STATCOM to analyze transient and dynamic characteristics of wind farm

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