Abstract
Doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind farms are being increasingly integrated into power grids with transmission lines, and distance protection is usually used as either the main or the backup protection for the transmission line. This paper analyzes the composition of a DFIG short circuit current and indicates the existence of a rotor speed frequency component. By analyzing several real fault cases of the DFIG-based wind farms connected to transmission lines, the weak power supply system and current frequency deviation of the wind farm side are illustrated. When a fault occurs on the transmission line, the short circuit current on the wind farm side is small and its frequency may no longer be nominal due to the existence of rotor speed frequency component, whereas the voltage frequency remains nominal frequency because of the grid support. As a result, the conventional distance protection cannot accurately measure the impedance, which can result in unnecessary circuit breaker tripping. Therefore, a time-domain distance protection method combined with the least-squares algorithm is proposed to address the problem. The efficacy of the proposed method is validated with real fault cases and simulation.
Highlights
In addressing the problems of environmental pollution and energy shortages, the world has been focusing on the development and use of wind energy, and large-scale wind farms are being increasingly integrated into the power grid
The proposed method can overcome the influence of frequency variation as a result that fault distances can be identified accurately and quickly when faults occur on the transmission line connected to a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG)-based wind farm
The time-domain distance protection method can accurately and quickly identify fault distances when faults occur on the transmission line connected to a DFIG-based wind farm
Summary
In addressing the problems of environmental pollution and energy shortages, the world has been focusing on the development and use of wind energy, and large-scale wind farms are being increasingly integrated into the power grid. Fault characteristics of DFIG-based wind farms and the performance of distance protection when unbalanced faults occur on high voltage transmission lines should be further studied. The fault characteristics and distance protection applicability of the transmission lines connected to DFIG-based wind farms are obtained. The proposed method can overcome the influence of frequency variation as a result that fault distances can be identified accurately and quickly when faults occur on the transmission line connected to a DFIG-based wind farm.
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