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Improvement of Fault Ride-Through Capability of Grid Connected Wind Turbine Based on a Switched Reluctance Generator Using a Dynamic Voltage Restorer

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  • Saeed A. AlGhamdi

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Baha University, Al-Baha 65528, Saudi Arabia)

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This paper presents an improvement to the fault ride-through (FRT) capabilities for a wind turbine that employs a switched reluctance generator (SRG) using a dynamic voltage restorer (DVR). The wind turbine may be disconnected from the grid by voltage sag, swell, and faulty line voltage in the grid. To improve the stator voltage of an SRG during grid failures, the DVR is applied to inject voltage at the point of common coupling (PCC) into the grid voltage. A control strategy for the DVR based on fuzzy logic controller (FLC) is proposed in this study to improve the FRT capability and meet the grid codes while avoiding the disconnection of the turbine from the grid. MATLAB/SIMULINK simulation validated the effectiveness and performance of this approach under three test cases: balanced sag, unbalanced sag, and a single line-to-ground fault. In addition, the total harmonic distortions utilizing different controllers were compared in sag mode. Furthermore, the simulation results exhibited significant improvement in transient and steady-state response, thus verifying the effectiveness of the control strategy compared to traditional methods.

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  • Saeed A. AlGhamdi, 2023. "Improvement of Fault Ride-Through Capability of Grid Connected Wind Turbine Based on a Switched Reluctance Generator Using a Dynamic Voltage Restorer," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-19, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:14:p:11061-:d:1194483
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