Decoupled-DFIG fault ride-through strategy for enhanced stability performance during grid faults

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 152-162

  Meegahapola, Lasantha Gunaruwan ^a   Littler, Tim ^a   Flynn, Damian ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Coordinated control; crowbar protection; decoupled operation; doubly fed induction generator (DFIG); inertial response; reactive power compensation; transition dynamics; voltage stability

Indexed keywords

CO-ORDINATED CONTROL; CROWBAR PROTECTION; DECOUPLED OPERATION; DOUBLY-FED INDUCTION GENERATOR; INERTIAL RESPONSE; REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION; TRANSITION DYNAMICS; VOLTAGE STABILITY;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROTECTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; REACTIVE POWER; STABILITY; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE STABILIZING CIRCUITS; WIND POWER;

ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS;

EID: 77957014951     PISSN: 19493029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSTE.2010.2058133     Document Type: Article

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