Open AccessA modified capacitive bridge‐type fault current limiter ( CBFCL ) for LVRT performance enhancement of wind power plants
Author(s) -
Firouzi Mehdi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international transactions on electrical energy systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 42
ISSN - 2050-7038
DOI - 10.1002/etep.2505
Subject(s) - low voltage ride through , fault current limiter , fault (geology) , current limiting , engineering , wind power , limiter , ac power , grid code , power (physics) , electrical engineering , automotive engineering , control theory (sociology) , voltage , computer science , electric power system , physics , quantum mechanics , seismology , geology , control (management) , artificial intelligence
Summary Low‐voltage ride‐through (LVRT) is one of the main grid code requirements for integration of wind power plants (WPPs). This paper presents a capacitive bridge‐type fault current limiter (CBFCL) for LVRT performance enhancement of WPPs. The CBFCL is based on the conventional inductive bridge‐type fault current limiter (IBFCL), in which the limiting impedance of the IBFCL has been adapted according to WPPs environment to satisfy LVRT requirements. To show the efficiency of the CBFCL for LVRT performance enhancement, its capability is compared with the IBFCL. The WPP has been modeled by an equivalent aggregated squirrel‐cage induction generator. Simulations have been performed in PSCAD/EMTDC software. The simulation results reveal that the CBFCL is an effective and novel solution for LVRT performance enhancement and short circuit current limitation of WPPs. Also, it was found that the CBFCL is more competent to satisfy LVRT requirements than the IBFCL.