TY - GEN
T1 - Calculation of fault current contribution of type I wind turbine-generators
AU - Howard, D. F.
AU - Restrepo, J.
AU - Smith, T.
AU - Starke, M.
AU - Dang, J.
AU - Harley, R. G.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Increasing fault current contribution from wind farms into the utility network presents new engineering challenges for utility protection engineers. Traditionally, sequence component networks are used to calculate fault currents for relay settings, but there is at present uncertainty on the appropriate sequence component models of the various wind generator types for inclusion into protection calculation software. This paper develops a sequence component model for Type I (cage rotor induction generators) wind generators. Time-domain transient simulations of wind turbine-generator fault currents are run using several popular power system simulation packages, including PSCAD/EMTDC, EMTP-RV, and SimPowerSystems; these results are compared with the calculations based on the sequence network circuits, and found to have good agreement.
AB - Increasing fault current contribution from wind farms into the utility network presents new engineering challenges for utility protection engineers. Traditionally, sequence component networks are used to calculate fault currents for relay settings, but there is at present uncertainty on the appropriate sequence component models of the various wind generator types for inclusion into protection calculation software. This paper develops a sequence component model for Type I (cage rotor induction generators) wind generators. Time-domain transient simulations of wind turbine-generator fault currents are run using several popular power system simulation packages, including PSCAD/EMTDC, EMTP-RV, and SimPowerSystems; these results are compared with the calculations based on the sequence network circuits, and found to have good agreement.
KW - Generators
KW - Induction generators
KW - Power system faults
KW - Power system planning
KW - Power system protection
KW - Power system transients
KW - Smart grids
KW - Wind energy
KW - Wind farms
KW - Wind generators
KW - Wind power generation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=82855164000&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/PES.2011.6039767
DO - 10.1109/PES.2011.6039767
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:82855164000
SN - 9781457710018
T3 - IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting
BT - 2011 IEEE PES General Meeting
T2 - 2011 IEEE PES General Meeting: The Electrification of Transportation and the Grid of the Future
Y2 - 24 July 2011 through 28 July 2011
ER -