Accurate modeling of doubly fed induction generator based wind farms in load flow analysis

• Published in: Electric power systems research Vol. 155; pp. 363 - 371
• Main Authors: V., Seshadri Sravan Kumar, Thukaram, D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.02.2018; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Converters; DFIG; Doubly fed induction machine; Equivalent circuits; Generators; Induction generators; Iterative methods; Load; Load flow; NR method; Power control; Power flow; Reactive power; Speed limits; Steady state; Variable speed wind generators; Wind farms; Wind power; Wind power generation; Variable speed wind generators; NR method; Doubly fed induction machine; DFIG; Load flow
• ISSN: 0378-7796; 1873-2046
• DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2017.09.011

•An approach to incorporate DFIG based wind farms in load flow analysis is proposed.•The proposed approach is based on an accurate equivalent circuit of a DFIG.•The control strategy and limits associated with the converters are also considered. This paper presents an iterative approach for incorporating doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) based variable speed wind farms in steady state studies such as load flow analysis. The proposed approach is based on an accurate steady state equivalent circuit of a DFIG. In the proposed approach, the power flow model of a node with DFIG is determined based on the reference to reactive power control loop of rotor side converter. In addition, the proposed approach takes into consideration various limits associated with the DFIG. Case studies on sample 6-bus system and 418-bus equivalent system of Indian southern grid are presented to validate the proposed approach.