Distributed voltage and frequency control of offshore wind farms connected with a diode-based HVdc link

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3095-3105

  Blasco Gimenez, Ramon ^a   Añó Villalba, Salvador ^a   Rodríguez D'Derlée, Johel ^a   Morant, Francisco ^a   Bernal Perez, Soledad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Current control; frequency control; HVdc transmission control; power generation control; voltage control; wind power generation

Indexed keywords

AC-GRID; BREAKER TRIPPING; CAPACITOR BANK SWITCHING; CONTROL TECHNIQUES; CURRENT CONTROL; FREQUENCY CONTROL; HVDC LINK; HVDC TRANSMISSION CONTROL; ISLANDED OPERATION; LOAD CHANGE; MICROGRID CONTROL; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; POWER GENERATION CONTROL; PSCAD SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY; THYRISTOR RECTIFIER; VOLTAGE AND FREQUENCY CONTROL; VOLTAGE SAGS; VOLTAGE-CONTROL MODES; WIND FARM; WIND SPEED; WIND TURBINE POWER;

CAPACITORS; DIODES; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY CONTROL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE REGULATORS; WIND POWER;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 78650873049     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2086491     Document Type: Article

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