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Corresponding Author

Ahmed, Gabr

Subject Area

Electrical Engineering

Article Type

Original Study

Abstract

Due to the increase of the number of wind turbines connected directly to the electric utility grid, new regulator codes have been issued that require Low-Voltage Ride-Through capability (LVRT) for wind turbines so that they can remain online and support the electric grid during low voltage fault events instead of direct tripping of the wind turbines. This LVRT capability will increase the stability of the network and reduce the need for load shedding after the fault clearance. Each utility has its own grid codes for this LVRT. There are many types of wind generators, and currently the Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) is the most popular type among the leading wind turbine (WT) manufacturers. In this paper five LVRT methods for protection of DFIG during LV events are implemented and compared. The five methods are Crowbar, DC Chopper, series dynamic resistances, and two hybrid methods that combine DC chopper with Crowbar and DC chopper with series dynamic resistances respectively. These methods were tested under different types of fault including symmetrical and unsymmetrical faults and their performances were compared.

Keywords

DFIG; LVRT; Crowbar; DC Chopper

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