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Both machines were using turbine with a rotor diameter of 126 m that can be installed
thyristor based cyclo-converters, with hub heights of up to 120 m and therefore representing
representing state of the art of power the biggest WTG ever been built worldwide.
electronics technology at that time
[4]. Although both machines haven’t
been commercially successful, the
experiences won with their operation
were building up the required
technical know-how for future
developments.
Nowadays the use of IGBT
Fig. 2: MOD-5B (1987)
technology and the solid know-how
in multi-MW WTG design as a result of an unique and
constant growth in number and size of the international WTG Fig. 4. Doubly-fed induction generator wind turbine generator system
market make it possible to develop commercially successful 5
MW WTG. The integration of large scale (multi-hundred- The functional principle of the variable speed generator is
MW) wind farms equipped with WTG of the 5 MW class based upon the DFIG in combination with a 4-quadrant ac-to-
need an improved performance to secure network stability. ac frequency converter equipped with IGBT technology. The
The REpower 5M is following exactly that idea and is up system assures efficient power production thanks to variable
to now being tested in various locations to proof its rotor speed, which adjusts itself automatically in accordance
performance. With no doubts the machine installed near the with prevailing wind speeds. Speed variability is made
BEATRICE-ALPHA oil platform in the Scottish North-Sea at possible by the directionally dependent transfer of slip power
a water depth of 44 m (Fig. 3) is facing the most challenging via the frequency converter.
conditions. o In the sub-synchronous operating mode (partial load
range) the stator of the DFIG feeds all generated
electrical power to the grid, and additionally makes slip
power available which is fed from the frequency
converter to the rotor via the generator’s slip rings.
o However, in the super-synchronous operating mode
(nominal load range) total power consists of the
components fed by the stator of the DFIG plus slip
power, which is fed from the rotor to the grid via the
frequency converter. At full load active power, which is
fed to the grid via the converter, amounts to roughly 25%
of total power.
Advantages of the system include, amongst others, low
losses, which assures a high overall efficiency, and an
outstanding availability due to the compact design with a
minimal number of components.
The stator windings of the DFIG system as shown in Fig. 4
are gently switched directly to the low-voltage side of the grid.
Technical data of the 5M machine are:
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A. System Overview
Fig. 5 shows the single line diagram of the 5M converter
system. Each of the four back-to-back voltage source
converters consist of two converters based on water-cooled
1700V-IGBT modules, a low-inductive DC-bus, a dv/dt-filter
on the machine side and a grid choke on the line side. They
are paralleled with their DC-links as well as on the machine
and line side in the way, that in case of a converter failure two
converters can be switched out of the system. With this
redundancy the wind turbine can be maintained in operation
with half of the system power in such failure mode, which
improves the system reliability and gives a significant benefit
especially for offshore wind turbines. minimize the effects of parameter detuning and inverter gain
errors. Note that system performance depends on speed due to
the coupling between d and q variables.
B. Control of the DFIG The dynamic control of active and reactive power by a
To guarantee stable operation and to enable independent frequency converter with sampling and switching frequencies
control of active and reactive power of the DFIG, a model above 2kHz is equivalent to a high dynamic control of the
based feed-forward controller is implemented using the magnitude as well as the phase angel of the back-EMF voltage
dynamic model equations of the DFIG. of the DFIG and yields to a superior system performance to
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conventional power generators with grid parallel synchronous component in the transmission system are shown. The
machines. appearance of positive and negative sequence components in
grid voltages (uN1, uN2) and line currents (iN1, iN2) of the wind
IV. OPTIONAL SOLUTIONS FOR IMPROVED turbine leads to an oscillation of the instantaneous system
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE power with twice the grid frequency of 50 Hz and result
therefore in an oscillation of the electrical torque of the DFIG.
A negative sequence component in the grid voltage due to Implementing an active compensation of the negative
asymmetric faults or system conditions yields typically to a sequence current component in a negative sequence current
negative sequence current component of any electrical device controller yields to symmetrical line currents of the WTG
especially passive components but also electric machines as even under asymmetrical voltage conditions and also leads to
synchronous generators. As can be seen in Fig. 8 a) the a reduction of the electrical torque oscillation of the DFIG.
voltages on the high voltage side of a simulated 20 x 2MW The line current space vector curve of one WTG of the
wind farm contain a 25% negative sequence component due simulated wind farm including an active negative sequence
to a 2-phase fault in the transmission system. By calculating current compensation is shown in Fig 9. c), note that the
of instantaneous active and reactive power based on the negative sequence current component iN2 is fully
instantaneous power theory [14] and getting the actual system compensated. This leads in case of the 10% negative
power by filtering of this signals (Qist), the reactive power sequence voltage component in the transmission system to a
support of one WTG with state of the art power controllers strong reduction of the electrical torque oscillation of the
like mentioned above is shown in Fig. 8 b) and c) respectively. DFIG system which can be seen in d).
It can be seen that the reactive power support in the positive 1.5 1.5
a) iNab c) iNab
sequence system Q1 lags behind the demanded reference 1 1
iN1 iN1
value Qsoll. Fig. 8 d) shows the reactive power if a decoupled iN2 iN2
0.5 0.5
control of the positive and negative current components of the
DFIG system is used [15] an the reactive power in the positive 0 0
b
b
sequence system Q1 is controlled due to the reference value
-0.5 -0.5
Qsoll.
2 -1 -1
1
a) uN1 c) Qsoll
uN2 Q1 -1.5 -1.5
1.5 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5
0.5 uN3 Q2 2 2
1 b) d)
0
0.5
1.5 1.5
-0.5
0
1 1
p
-1
-0.5
20 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 20 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1
b) Qsoll d) Q 0.5 0.5
soll
1.5 Qist 1.5 Q
1
Q2
0 0
1 1 0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1
t/s t/s
0.5 0.5 Fig. 9. Simulation results (pu.) in case of a 10% negative sequence voltage
component in the transmission system, line current space vector curve a) and
0 0 electrical torque of the DFIG b) with conventional power control and with active
compensation of the negative sequence current component c) resp. d)
-0.5 -0.5
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1
t/s t/s
The capability of dynamic decoupled power respectively
Fig. 8. Simulation results (pu.) in case of a 2phase fault in the transmission current control in the positive and negative sequence systems
system, voltages on the high voltage side of the wind farm a), reactive power
response of a conventional power controller calculated due to instantaneous yields additionally to a superior system performance to
power theory b) and in positive and negative sequence systems c) as well as with conventional power generators with grid parallel synchronous
decoupled control d) machines and can further be used to improve system
operation.
Furthermore mechanical stress on the wind turbine can be
reduced with an improved decoupled control in the positive V. WTG MODELLING AND DESIGN
and negative system. In Fig. 9 the line current space vector To be able to design a modern 5 MW WTG that can be
curve iNab a) of a WTG with a conventional power controller commercially successful, a depth knowledge of the transient
in the simulated wind farm and the electrical torque of the electro-mechanical behaviour of such machines is essential.
DFIG b) as a result of a 10% negative sequence voltage This basic prerequisite might have been one of the major
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problems, wherefore the machines designed in the early 80th Fig. 10. Comparison of accuracy between 3rd (blue) and 5th (red) order
simulation models
could not meet expectations. The powerful performance of
nowadays computers and the increasing amount of algorithms
and computing tools in the wind industry over the last two In [17] an enhanced reduced order model (ROM/E) is
decades allow a detailed testing of WTG design prior to the proposed for power system stability studies which fills the
prototype installation. simulation gap between a 5th resp. full order (FOM) and a 3rd
The most important step forward for the design of the resp. reduced order model (ROM) with minimised additional
REpower 5M was a detailed validation with such algorithms calculation effort compared to a 3rd order simulation. With the
and tools. Especially the advanced requirements with respect proposed approach the alternating components of the rotor
to power system integration to cope with high transient grid currents are considered as can be seen in Fig. 11, so that the
faults such as deep voltage dips create a potential risk of converter DC-link can be modeled realistically.
mechanical overloading that needs to be carefully analysed. Consequently, it is possible to consider the correct
In addition to the traditional fatigue and extreme loading response of converter control and crowbar switching to
scenarios defined as per IEC 61400-1, transient network voltage sags caused by grid faults. When simulating power
events can lead to significant peak loads that need a more system dynamic behavior with increased integration of WTG,
detailed consideration [16]. The high transient character of it is essential to consider the true control sequence and
these events have to be respected by the right degree of crowbar switching of DFIG-based wind turbines which can
detailed modelling. While network stability analysis software with this model be implemented in reduced order power
often reduces the degree of detail to a 3rd order model to limit system simulations.
the simulation efforts with respect to the huge size of the
networks and the relevant elements, the mechanical design Fig. 11. Rotor currents following a three-phase voltage sag from rated voltage
impact needs to be analysed with a higher order. The down to 15 %
mechanical time
constants seem to be in
contradiction to this
necessity, but a
mechanical peak load
has to be seen as a result
of a high transient
electrical impact. A
typical example is the
crowbar activation that is
electrically needed to
protect the DC-link
circuit from over-
voltages. Fig. 10.
illustrates the different
degree of detail for the
flux calculations in stator and rotor and the resulting torque
For a secure WTG design a sophisticated 5th order model
based on 3rd and 5th order simulation models. It can easily
of the whole electro-mechanical system is required. SEG and
been seen that the lower order model is neglecting some
REpower put a lot of efforts in developing such sophisticated
relevant peaks.
models. Building up the model is only half the way of course.
2 It will not be able to build up the required amount of
R o to rflu s s [V s ]
simulation result of a 3-phase fault resulting in a voltage dip another proof of the preciseness of the developed models.
down to 22% nominal voltage. Fig. 12 b) below shows the Fig. 13. Simulated (top) and measured (below) generator torque during forced
decoupling from the grid using a crowbar activation
comparable measurement result of the same fault scenario.
With the described modelling of DFIG-based WTG a
project specific analysis of the fault scenarios and the
required turbine behaviour in terms of its active and reactive
power supply during the fault and after fault clearance as
required to meet relevant grid codes can be carried out.
VI. CONCLUSION
The use of DFIG systems in WTG has tremendously
matured over the last 20 years. At least with the appearance of
the 5 MW class that is planned to be installed in huge multi-
hundred-megawatt off-shore wind farms simulation, analysis
and solutions for improved performance in steady-state
operation and during transient fault conditions of the
transmission network they are connected to are required.
As a prominent example of this next generation of WTG
the REpower 5M is exactly designed to that purpose. The
dynamic control of active and reactive power by a frequency
converter is equivalent to a high dynamic control of the
Fig. 12. Simulated a) and measured b) active (green, blue = ref. value) and magnitude as well as the phase angel of the back-EMF voltage
reactive power (turq., red = ref. value) flow during a 22% 3-phase fault of the DFIG and yields to a superior system performance to
conventional power generators with grid parallel synchronous
With comparisons like the above it could be shown that the machines. The decoupled control of the WTG currents in the
developed model is precisely simulating the high transient positive and negative sequence systems gives further
effects inside the electrical system of the WTG in terms of the improvement of the superior system performance.
principle behaviour as well as the quantitative results. Only As a result of such an improved electrical performance the
saturation effects within the transformers led to deviations. mechanical system of the WTG is facing loads that were not
Having a validated 5th order model of the WTG and inverter considered in the classical turbine design. To secure the WTG
system in place, it is possible now to analyse the electrical capability to face the highest possible loads during the worst
behaviour of the WTG with respect to the impact of the power case scenario out of various grid codes and project specific
system stability as well as the consequences for the circumstances a reliable model of the whole electro-
mechanical system of the WTG. A comparison of simulated mechanical system is required. By having a validated 5th order
and measured values could also be carried out on the model of the WTG and inverter system in place, it is possible
mechanical loading scenarios. One of the essential effects that to analyse the electrical behaviour of the WTG with respect
could happen during a fault is the activation of the crowbar. on the impact of the power system stability as well as the
Such a comparison is illustrated in Fig. 13. The comparison is consequences for the mechanical system of the WTG. This
allows a project specific analysis of the fault scenarios and the
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required turbine behaviour in terms of its active and reactive
10 power supply during the fault and after fault clearance as per
Simulated Torque [kNm]
-5
-10
150 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
10
Measured Torque [kNm]
-5
-10
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
Time [s]
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