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Comparative Analysis of Bearing Current in Wind Turbine Generators

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  • Ruifang Liu

    (School of Electrical Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Haidian District, Beijing 100044, China)

  • Xin Ma

    (School of Electrical Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Haidian District, Beijing 100044, China)

  • Xuejiao Ren

    (School of Electrical Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Haidian District, Beijing 100044, China)

  • Junci Cao

    (School of Electrical Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Haidian District, Beijing 100044, China)

  • Shuangxia Niu

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China)

Abstract

Bearing current problems frequently appear in wind turbine systems, which cause wind turbines the break down and result in very large losses. This paper investigates and compares bearing current problems in three kinds of wind turbine generators, namely doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG), direct-drive permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG), and semi-direct-drive PMSG turbines. Common mode voltage (CMV) of converters is introduced firstly. Then stray capacitances of three kinds of generators are calculated and compared through the finite element method. The bearing current equivalent circuits are proposed and simulations of the bearing current are carried out. It is verified that the bearing currents of DFIGs are more serious than the two kinds of PMSG, while common mode current (CMC) of the direct-drive PMSG is much greater than the other two types of wind turbine generators.

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  • Ruifang Liu & Xin Ma & Xuejiao Ren & Junci Cao & Shuangxia Niu, 2018. "Comparative Analysis of Bearing Current in Wind Turbine Generators," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-13, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:11:y:2018:i:5:p:1305-:d:148048
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