Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for controlling power generation of a VSM wind turbine. The wind turbine comprises a machine side converter (203), a line side converter (204), a DC link (205), and an electric storage device (241) electrically connected to the DC link. The method comprises determining a first power control signal (PMSC) to the machine side converter (203), determining a second power control signal (PVSM) for controlling a desired output power (Pgrid) of the line side converter (204) based on a storage device voltage error (Vbat_e), and a power production reference (Ppro), and determining a charging current reference (Ibat_ref) for controlling charging and discharging of the electric storage device (241) based on a DC-link voltage error (Vdc_e).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for operating a wind power facility in order to provide reactive power support to a power grid, the method comprising the step of increasing an amount of reactive power injected into the power grid, decreasing an amount of active power injected into the power grid by a certain amount, and dissipating and/or storing essentially said certain amount of active power in power dissipation and/or power storage means. The wind power facility may comprise a wind turbine or a wind power plant.
Abstract:
A method of controlling a wind turbine generator (1) comprising an electrical generator (10) and a power converter (12), the power converter (12) comprising an electrical switch (14a, 14b) that is configured to process electrical power produced by the electrical generator (10), the method comprising: controlling an output from the electrical switch (14a, 14b) using a variable pulse-width modulated control signal, thereby to control characteristics of output power from the power converter (12); acquiring sample data (26) relating to an electronic signal within the wind turbine generator (1), wherein the sample data (26) is used for controlling the wind turbine generator (1); and dynamically adjusting a frequency (30) at which the sample data is acquired to synchronise data acquisition with a carrier frequency (24) of the control signal.
Abstract:
A wind-turbine-converter system with inverter controllers for inverters and a distributed error- handling system as well as a method of controlling the same is provided. The inverter controllers are linked by a communication bus with one or more communication rings. The communication bus enables a control word to circulate between the inverter controllers. When an inverter controller detects a fault of an associated inverter, the inverter controller produces a control word indicative of the detected fault. The control word indicative of the detected fault circulates to all other inverter controllers over the communication bus and the inverter controllers perform a given fault-response action.
Abstract:
A method of setting a reference DC-link voltage of a wind-turbine converter system is provided. At least at least one DC voltage demand from at least one generator-side inverter and at least one DC voltage demand are received from at least one grid-side inverter. A generator-side DC voltage demand value on the basis of the at least one DC voltage demand received from the at least one generator-side inverter. Also a grid-side DC voltage demand value is determined on the basis of the at least one DC voltage demand received from the at least one grid-side inverter. The highest DC voltage demand value out of the generator-side and grid-side DC voltage demand values is chosen. This chosen value corresponds to the set reference DC-link voltage.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for controlling a power generating unit such as a wind turbine which is configured as a virtual synchronous machine. Capacitor voltage signals obtained from voltage measurements of output capacitors are filtered in order to reduce a magnitude of an impedance peak and/or shift the impedance peak where the impedance peak is present in an impedance characteristic of the output of the power generating unit. Filter compensated voltage signals obtained from the output capacitors are combined with a voltage magnitude reference to obtain filtered capacitor voltage signals used for controlling the line side converter and thereby affect the impedance peak in a desired way.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for estimating a characteristic of a wind turbine electrical signal comprises buffering a sequence of sample values of the wind turbine electrical signal and a sequence of sample times corresponding with the sequence of sample values. The time periods represented by the sample times are variable. A sub-sequence of the buffered sample values to integrate is determined, based at least in part on a sum of the time periods. The characteristic is estimated by integrating the sample values in the sub-sequence.
Abstract:
A wind turbine converter system (3) with a rectifier (4) and an inverter (5) and a converter controller (11) has at least first and second converter strings (24, 25). The converter system is controlled by a master-converter controller (13) and a slave-converter controller (12). The master-converter controller (13) controls the first converter string (25) and the slave-converter controller (12) controls the second converter string (24). The master-converter controller (13) receives commands from a superordinate wind turbine controller (21), provides the slave-converter controller (12) with string-control commands on the basis of the superordinate control commands, and controls the conversion operation of the first converter string (25) on the basis of the superordinate control command. The slave-converter controller (12) receives the string-control commands from the master-converter controller (13) and controls the conversion operation of the second converter string on the basis of the string-control commands received. The first and the second converter strings (24, 25) can be arranged in a bipolar configuration giving access to a neutral point (62). Fault detection can be performed based on the current through the neutral (62). The system is capable of fault ride-through. Also, in case of failure of the master-converter controller (13), a redundant unit takes its place.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for shutting down a wind power facility, said wind power facility comprising a power generator, a power converter comprising generator side and grid side converters being separated by an intermediate DC circuit, and power dissipation or power storage means being operatively connected to the intermediate DC circuit, the method comprising the steps of determining that the wind power facility needs to be shut down, and operating the generator side converter in accordance with a load time curve during shutdown of the wind power facilityin order to avoid overloading of selected generator side converter components and the power dissipation or power storage means. Moreover, the present invention relates to a wind power facilityfor performing this method..
Abstract:
Aspects of the present invention relate to a method of voltage control for at least one wind turbine generator (14) configured to absorb and supply reactive power on demand, the method comprises: receiving a dispatch signal from a power plant controller (22) indicating a reactive power set point (Qunit n setp); determining a terminal voltage level (Vunit) of the at least one wind turbine generator (14); generating a reactive power correction value (Qcorrect) based on a deviation of the terminal voltage level (Vunit) from a voltage set point (Vunit n-setp); adjusting the reactive power set point (Qunit n setp) by the reactive power correction value (Qcorrect); and controlling the at least one wind turbine generator according to the adjusted reactive power set point (Qunit n control).