Among different sources of alternate energy,wind and solar are two prominent and promising alternatives to meet the future electricity needs for mankind.Generally,these sources are integrated at the distribution utili...Among different sources of alternate energy,wind and solar are two prominent and promising alternatives to meet the future electricity needs for mankind.Generally,these sources are integrated at the distribution utilities to supply the local distribution customers.If the power generated by these sources is bulk,then they are either integrated at the distribution/transmission level or may be operated in an island mode if feasible.The integration of these renewables in the power network will change the fault level and network topologies.These fault levels are intermittent in nature and existing protection schemes may fail to operate because of their pre-set condition.Therefore,the design and selection of a proper protection scheme is very much essential for reliable control and operation of renewable integrated power systems.Depending upon the level of infeed and location of the renewable integration,the protection requirements are different.For low renewable infeed at the distribution level,the existing relay settings are immune from any small change in the network fault current from new incoming renewables.However,bulk renewable infeed requires modification in the existing protection schemes to accommodate the fault current variation from the incoming renewables.For bulk penetration of the renewable,the requirement of modified/additional protection schemes is unavoidable.Adaptive relaying and non-adaptive relaying schemes are discussed in the literature for protection of power networks,which are experiencing dynamic fault currents and frequent changing network topologies.This article presents a detailed review of protection schemes for renewable integrated power networks which includes distribution,transmission and microgrid systems.The merits and demerits of these protection schemes are also identified in this article for the added interest of the readers.The visible scope of advance protection schemes which may be suitable for providing reliable protection for dynamic fault current networks is also explored.展开更多
The grid connection of a large-scale wind farm could change the load flow/configuration of a power system and introduce dynamic interactions with the synchronous generators(SGs),thus affecting system small-signal angu...The grid connection of a large-scale wind farm could change the load flow/configuration of a power system and introduce dynamic interactions with the synchronous generators(SGs),thus affecting system small-signal angular stability.This paper proposes an approach for the separate examination of the impact of those affecting factors,i.e.,the change of load flow/configuration and dynamic interactions brought about by the grid connection of the wind farm,on power system smallsignal angular stability.Both cases of grid connection of the wind farm,either displacing synchronous generators or being directly added into the power system,are considered.By using the proposed approach,how much the effect of the change of load flow/configuration brought about by the wind farm can be examined,while the degree of impact of the dynamic interaction of the wind farm with the SGs can be investigated separately.Thus,a clearer picture and better understanding of the power system small-signal angular stability as affected by grid connection of the large-scale wind farm can be achieved.An example of the power system with grid connection of a wind farm is presented to demonstrate the proposed approach.展开更多
Increased penetration of wind energy systems has serious concerns on power system stability. In spite of several advantages, doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind energy systems are very sensitive to grid d...Increased penetration of wind energy systems has serious concerns on power system stability. In spite of several advantages, doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind energy systems are very sensitive to grid disturbances. DFIG system with conventional vector control is not robust to disturbances as it is based on PI controllers. The objective of this paper is to design a new vector control that is robust to external disturbances. To achieve this, inner current loop of the conventional vector control is replaced with sliding mode control. In order to avoid chattering effect and achieve finite time convergence, the control gains are selected based on positive semi-definite barrier function. The proposed barrier function adaptive sliding mode (BFASMC) is evaluated by testing it on a benchmark multi-machine power system model under various operating conditions. The simulated results show that the proposed method is robust to various disturbances.展开更多
With more and more wind power generation integrated into power grids to replace the conventional turbine-generator (T-G) units,how the subsynchronous resonance (SSR) of conventional T-G units is affected becomes an im...With more and more wind power generation integrated into power grids to replace the conventional turbine-generator (T-G) units,how the subsynchronous resonance (SSR) of conventional T-G units is affected becomes an important technical issue.In this paper,a group of T-G units are interconnected with a series compensated transmission line,and some units are substituted by a nearby DFIG-based wind farm (WF).Under such circumstances,the SSR of power systems would change accordingly.This paper establishes the mathematical model to analyze the torsional interaction (TI) and the induction generator effect of the T-G units.Both eigenvalue analysis and time domain simulations demonstrate the impact of DFIG-based WF on SSR of power systems and how the control parameters of wind farms can affect the SSR.展开更多
文摘Among different sources of alternate energy,wind and solar are two prominent and promising alternatives to meet the future electricity needs for mankind.Generally,these sources are integrated at the distribution utilities to supply the local distribution customers.If the power generated by these sources is bulk,then they are either integrated at the distribution/transmission level or may be operated in an island mode if feasible.The integration of these renewables in the power network will change the fault level and network topologies.These fault levels are intermittent in nature and existing protection schemes may fail to operate because of their pre-set condition.Therefore,the design and selection of a proper protection scheme is very much essential for reliable control and operation of renewable integrated power systems.Depending upon the level of infeed and location of the renewable integration,the protection requirements are different.For low renewable infeed at the distribution level,the existing relay settings are immune from any small change in the network fault current from new incoming renewables.However,bulk renewable infeed requires modification in the existing protection schemes to accommodate the fault current variation from the incoming renewables.For bulk penetration of the renewable,the requirement of modified/additional protection schemes is unavoidable.Adaptive relaying and non-adaptive relaying schemes are discussed in the literature for protection of power networks,which are experiencing dynamic fault currents and frequent changing network topologies.This article presents a detailed review of protection schemes for renewable integrated power networks which includes distribution,transmission and microgrid systems.The merits and demerits of these protection schemes are also identified in this article for the added interest of the readers.The visible scope of advance protection schemes which may be suitable for providing reliable protection for dynamic fault current networks is also explored.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2012CB215204)the key project of the SKLAEPS and the international collaborative project jointly funded by the NSFC (51311122) Chinathe EPSRC,UK.
文摘The grid connection of a large-scale wind farm could change the load flow/configuration of a power system and introduce dynamic interactions with the synchronous generators(SGs),thus affecting system small-signal angular stability.This paper proposes an approach for the separate examination of the impact of those affecting factors,i.e.,the change of load flow/configuration and dynamic interactions brought about by the grid connection of the wind farm,on power system smallsignal angular stability.Both cases of grid connection of the wind farm,either displacing synchronous generators or being directly added into the power system,are considered.By using the proposed approach,how much the effect of the change of load flow/configuration brought about by the wind farm can be examined,while the degree of impact of the dynamic interaction of the wind farm with the SGs can be investigated separately.Thus,a clearer picture and better understanding of the power system small-signal angular stability as affected by grid connection of the large-scale wind farm can be achieved.An example of the power system with grid connection of a wind farm is presented to demonstrate the proposed approach.
文摘Increased penetration of wind energy systems has serious concerns on power system stability. In spite of several advantages, doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind energy systems are very sensitive to grid disturbances. DFIG system with conventional vector control is not robust to disturbances as it is based on PI controllers. The objective of this paper is to design a new vector control that is robust to external disturbances. To achieve this, inner current loop of the conventional vector control is replaced with sliding mode control. In order to avoid chattering effect and achieve finite time convergence, the control gains are selected based on positive semi-definite barrier function. The proposed barrier function adaptive sliding mode (BFASMC) is evaluated by testing it on a benchmark multi-machine power system model under various operating conditions. The simulated results show that the proposed method is robust to various disturbances.
文摘With more and more wind power generation integrated into power grids to replace the conventional turbine-generator (T-G) units,how the subsynchronous resonance (SSR) of conventional T-G units is affected becomes an important technical issue.In this paper,a group of T-G units are interconnected with a series compensated transmission line,and some units are substituted by a nearby DFIG-based wind farm (WF).Under such circumstances,the SSR of power systems would change accordingly.This paper establishes the mathematical model to analyze the torsional interaction (TI) and the induction generator effect of the T-G units.Both eigenvalue analysis and time domain simulations demonstrate the impact of DFIG-based WF on SSR of power systems and how the control parameters of wind farms can affect the SSR.
