Robust STATCOM control for the stabilisation of fixed-speed wind turbines during low voltages

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2897-2905

  Hossain, M J ^a   Pota, H R ^a   Ramos, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dynamic voltage stability; Linearisation; Nonlinearity; Robust control; STATCOM

Indexed keywords

CONTROL FRAMEWORK; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DYNAMIC VOLTAGE STABILITY; FIXED SPEED WIND TURBINE; INDUCTION GENERATOR; LARGE DISTURBANCE; LINEARISATION; LOW VOLTAGES; LOW-VOLTAGE RIDE-THROUGH; NON-LINEARITY; OPERATING RANGES; STABILISATION; STATCOM; STATIC SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATOR; STRUCTURED UNCERTAINTIES; TEST SYSTEMS; TRANSIENT STABILITY; VOLTAGE STABILITY; WIND FARM; WIND GENERATORS;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; CONTROLLERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; POWER QUALITY; ROBUST CONTROL; STABILITY; SYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY; VOLTAGE REGULATORS; VOLTAGE STABILIZING CIRCUITS; WIND POWER;

CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY;

NONLINEARITY; STABILIZATION; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 79957922059     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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