Modeling and Coordinated Control Design for Brushless Doubly-Fed Induction Generator-Based Wind Turbine to Withstand Grid Voltage Unbalance

Abstract

Grid codes require wind turbines to have capability to withstand a certain grid voltage unbalance without tripping. However, existing controls for brushless doubly-fed induction generator (BDFIG) based wind turbine under grid unbalance have many problems such as difficulty in realizing decoupling control, involvement with flux or current estimations, and complex control structure. Moreover, the existing studies only focused on the control of machine side converter (MSC), but the coordinated control between MSC and grid side converter (GSC) and the control objectives of overall BDFIG wind turbine system have not yet been addressed so far. To overcome these problems and improve the control capability, this paper proposes a coordinated control strategy by considering MSC and GSC together. First, the enhanced control objectives for overall BDFIG wind turbine system are determined. Second, the simple single current closed-loop controllers without involving with any flux or current estimations are designed for MSC and GSC, respectively. Meanwhile, in current loops, all the disturbances and cross-coupling terms on <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">dq</i> axes are derived and used for feedforward control so as to achieve decoupling control and improve system dynamic response. Further, a fast sequence decomposition approach is employed to enhance the control characteristics of the whole system. Finally, the effectiveness of proposed control is validated through case studies for a 2 MW BDFIG based wind generation system. The results demonstrate that the proposed control can effectively achieve the control objectives of overall wind turbine system under grid voltage unbalance and provide excellent dynamic and stable performance.