Experimental study and performance evaluation of the renewable energy conversion systems under realistic grid conditions using RTDS

Sattar, A. and Muyeen, S. and Al-Durra, A. and Caruana, C. and Musleh, A. 2016. Experimental study and performance evaluation of the renewable energy conversion systems under realistic grid conditions using RTDS, in Proceedings of the Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT-Asia), Nov 28-Dec 1 2016, pp. 412-417. Melbourne, Australia: IEEE.

Source Title

IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe

DOI

10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2016.7796421

ISBN

9781509043033

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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50656

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

This paper presents a new approach to analyze the steady-state and transient behavior of grid connected renewable energy sources. For this case, a permanent magnet generator based variable speed wind turbine interfaced to the grid through back to back fully rated converters is considered. The salient feature of this paper is the introduction of the realistic grid into real time digital simulation such that practical effects can be examined prior to the experimental test stage. The effect of power quality phenomena present on the supply voltage waveforms on the performance of the variable speed wind turbine system is examined. It is noted that tuning the grid side converter voltage loop for successful low voltage transient operation might not be sufficient for operation under the non-ideal voltage waveforms of actual grids. Simulation and hardware implementation have been carried out by RTDS/RSCAD.