Dynamic Frequency Support from a DFIG-Based Wind Turbine Generator via Virtual Inertia Control

• Published in: Applied sciences Vol. 10; no. 10; p. 3376
• Main Authors: Yang, Dejian, Jin, Enshu, You, Jiahan, Hua, Liang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 01.05.2020
• Subjects: Control; Control systems; DFIG-based WTG; Inertia (Mechanics); Methods; virtual inertia control; wind energy; wind generation; Wind turbines; China
• DOI: 10.3390/app10103376
• ISSN: 2076-3417

As the penetrated level of wind in power grids increases, the online system inertia becomes weak. Doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG)-based wind turbine generators (WTGs) are required to provide virtual inertia response to support system frequency. The present inertia control strategy with fixed control gain is not suitable and may cause stall of the DFIG-based WTG, as the virtual inertia response potential from the DFIG-based WTG is different with various wind speed conditions. This paper addresses a virtual inertia control method for the DFIG-based WTGs to improve the system frequency stability without causing stalling of the wind turbine for various wind speed conditions. The effectiveness of the proposed virtual inertia control method is investigated in a small system embedded with the DFIG-based WTG. Results demonstrate that the proposed virtual inertia strategy improves the frequency stability without causing the rotor speed security issue. Thus, the proposed control strategy can secure the dynamic system frequency security of power systems under the scenarios of full and partial loads, and, consequently, the proposed method provides a promising solution of ancillary services to power systems.