Evaluating the performance of external fault ride-through solutions used in wind farms with fixed speed induction generators when facing unbalanced faults

2009 IEEE Bucharest PowerTech: Innovative Ideas Toward the Electrical Grid of the Future

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Resende, F O ^a   Lopes, J A Peças ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

DSTATCOM; Fault ride through; Fixed speed induction generators; Grid codes; Over voltages; Unbalanced faults; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

DSTATCOM; FAULT RIDE-THROUGH; FIXED SPEED INDUCTION GENERATOR; GRID CODES; OVER-VOLTAGES; UNBALANCED FAULT; WIND FARM;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; POWER CONVERTERS; SPEED; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 74949143492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PTC.2009.5282211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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