Abstract

Doubly fed induction generator (DFIG)-based wind turbine includes several prominent advantages. Despite that, due to its sensitive nature to the network disturbances, it cannot follow the normal and safe operation in disturbance duration. Fault ride-through (FRT) capability is recognized as an important requirement inflicted on grid codes to confirm the stable and safe operation of DFIG. Dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) has relatively compensated the disturbed voltage so that DFIG can follow its normal and safe operation in the power system. In this paper, a novel two switches boost converter (TSBC) coupled with quinary multi-level inverter (QMLI) is proposed as AC voltage synthesizer part of DVR to enhance its performance in order to compensate the different voltage disturbances and enhance DFIG’s FRT capability. Low current ripple and low stress switches are two outstanding advantages of the suggested step-up DC/DC converter which provide the required DC voltage for QMLI. Meanwhile, QMLI provides a high level staircase sinusoidal voltage with consideration of the low number of switches. Some plausible disturbances are considered to affect the power system so that the performance of suggested DVR-based TSBC-QMLI to be verified and validated. Eventually, the simulation results show DVR-based TSBC-QMLI has accurately compensated the balanced and unbalanced voltage sag, swell, flicker and harmonic.

Full Text
Paper version not known

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call

Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.