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THD Reduction in Wind Energy System Using Type-4 Wind Turbine/PMSG Applying the Active Front-End Converter Parallel Operation

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  • Nadia Maria Salgado-Herrera

    (Institute for Energy and Environment, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK)

  • David Campos-Gaona

    (Institute for Energy and Environment, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK)

  • Olimpo Anaya-Lara

    (Institute for Energy and Environment, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK)

  • Aurelio Medina-Rios

    (Facultad de Ingenieria Electrica, División de estudios de posgrado, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia 58030, Mexico)

  • Roberto Tapia-Sánchez

    (Facultad de Ingenieria Electrica, División de estudios de posgrado, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia 58030, Mexico)

  • Juan Ramon Rodríguez-Rodríguez

    (Facultad de Ingeniería; Departamento de Energía, Eléctrica Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico)

Abstract

In this paper, the active front-end (AFE) converter topology for the total harmonic distortion (THD) reduction in a wind energy system (WES) is used. A higher THD results in serious pulsations in the wind turbine (WT) output power and several power losses at the WES. The AFE converter topology improves the capability, efficiency, and reliability in the energy conversion devices; by modifying a conventional back-to-back converter, from using a single voltage source converter (VSC) to use p VSC connected in parallel, the AFE converter is generated. The THD reduction is achieved by applying a different phase shift angle at the carrier of digital sinusoidal pulse width modulation (DSPWM) switching signals of each VSC. To verify the functionality of the proposed methodology, the WES simulation in Matlab-Simulink ® (Matlab r2015b, Mathworks, Natick, MA, USA) is analyzed, and the experimental laboratory tests using the concept of rapid control prototyping (RCP) and the real-time simulator Opal-RT Technologies ® (Montreal, QC, Canada) is achieved. The obtained results show a type-4 WT with a total output power of 6 MVA, generating a THD reduction up to 5.5 times of the total WES current output by Fourier series expansion.

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  • Nadia Maria Salgado-Herrera & David Campos-Gaona & Olimpo Anaya-Lara & Aurelio Medina-Rios & Roberto Tapia-Sánchez & Juan Ramon Rodríguez-Rodríguez, 2018. "THD Reduction in Wind Energy System Using Type-4 Wind Turbine/PMSG Applying the Active Front-End Converter Parallel Operation," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-23, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:11:y:2018:i:9:p:2458-:d:170181
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