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http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/KIEE.2013.62.7.918

Virtual Inertial Control of a Wind Power Plant using the Maximum Rate of Change of Frequency  

Kim, Dooyeon (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
Kim, Jinho (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
Lee, Jinshik (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
Kim, Yeon-Hee (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
Chun, Yeong-Han (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Hongik University)
Kang, Yong Cheol (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
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The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers / v.62, no.7, 2013 , pp. 918-924 More about this Journal
Abstract
In a conventional power system, the frequency is recovered to the nominal value by the inertial, primary, and secondary responses of the synchronous generators (SGs) after a large disturbance such as a generator tripping. For a power system with high wind penetration, the system inertia is significantly reduced due to the maximum power point tracking control based operation of the variable speed wind generators (WGs). This paper proposes a virtual inertial control for a wind power plant (WPP) based on the maximum rate of change of frequency to release more kinetic energy stored in the WGs. The performance of the proposed algorithm is investigated in a model system, which consists of a doubly fed induction generator-based WPP and SGs using an EMTP-RV simulator. The results indicate that the proposed algorithm can improve the frequency nadir after a generator tripping. In addition, the algorithm can lead the instant of a frequency rebound and help frequency recovery after the frequency rebound.
Keywords
Virtual inertial control; Maximum rate of change of frequency; and Frequency support;
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