Improvement of Fault Ride-Through Capability

in Wind Farms
Using VSC-HVDC
K.Kishore Kumar, P.Karthick

Electrical and Electronics Engineering, III year,

Saranathan College of Engineering,Venkateshwara Nagar,
Panjappur,
Tiruchirapalli-620012.
E-mail:kkishorekumar2001@gmail.com.
Phone:0431-4340503

Abstract - This paper studies possible improvement of fault-ride

through capability in connection of 160 MW wind farm to
transmission network using VSC-HVDC link. The 160 MW wind
farm includes 80 individual 2 MW permanent magnet
synchronous generators which are divided into 4 groups with 40
MW nominal powers. The voltage at the transmission network
terminal should be re-established with minimized power losses
during wind speed fluctuations and after the clearance of grid
side faults. It is also important for the voltage of transmission
network side to be supported by the VSC-HVDC during short
circuit faults in main grid which is named fault ride-through
capability improvement. This paper emphasizes on variable speed
operation and fault ride-through capability improvement in wind
farm network and transmission network respectively. Simulation
is performed in PSCAD/EMTDC software to study behavior of
wind farm, transmission voltage and dc voltage for different
changes in wind speed and three-phase short circuit fault. The
simulation results validate the connection method performance and
the fault ride- through capability improvement.