Use of STATCOM in wind farms with fixed-speed generators for grid code compliance

Renewable Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 202-212

  Ramirez, Dionisio ^a   Martinez, Sergio ^a   Blazquez, Francisco ^a   Carrero, Carmelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

STATCOM; Voltage sag; Wind generator

Indexed keywords

BRAKING RESISTOR; CONTROL STRATEGIES; GENERATING PLANTS; GRID CODES; GRID DISTURBANCE; GRID OPERATORS; LOW-VOLTAGE RIDE-THROUGH; POWER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RELIABLE OPERATION; STABILITY ENHANCEMENT; STATCOM; VOLTAGE SAG; VOLTAGE SUPPORT; WIND FARM; WIND GENERATOR;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; POWER QUALITY;

WIND POWER;

COMPLIANCE; CONTROL SYSTEM; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

EID: 79961128927     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.06.018     Document Type: Article

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