Modeling and analysis of a grid-connected wind energy conversion system using PSCAD/EMTDC
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Kim, Eung-Sang; Song, Byeong-Mun; Lee, Kwang Y.
- Source
- 2010 Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT), 2010. :1-6 Jan, 2010
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Computing and Processing
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Wind energy
PSCAD
EMTDC
Power system modeling
Power control
Wind turbines
Inverters
Reactive power control
Load management
Aerodynamics
Wind power
grid-connected wind energy
power control algorithm
grid-connected inverter
inverter control
wind turbine modeling and analysis
PSCAD/EMTDC
- Language
This paper presents the modeling and analysis of a grid-connected wind energy conversion system (WECS) using PSCAD/EMTDC. The modeled system is characterized and analyzed for validation. An inverter control algorithm for effective power control is also proposed and evaluated, resulting in an efficient active power control that extracts the maximum power from the wind turbine. The controller also controls reactive power for load variation and aerodynamic models are applied for a wind turbine model. All analysis and evaluation have been conducted for a 1MW power system with 22.9kV.