Control for Dc-Bus Voltage Using Grid Voltage Feed-Forward and Crowbar Circuit

Abstract:

The DC bus voltage is key variable for the operation of converter system in a wind power system. When grid voltage drops, a control of the DC bus voltage is needed to keep the smoothness of DC bus voltage for avoiding generator cutting off grid. A combined control method based on the grid voltage information feedforward with a crowbar circuit is proposed for a direct-drive wind power system in the paper. The unbalanced energy of the DC bus can be unleashed by the crowbar circuit during the dropping of grid voltage. At the same time, the output power of motor-side converter can be controlled to decrease according to the grid-side voltage information, and the mechanical speed of wind turbine and generator can be suppressed by the pitch angle regulation when the output power reduces. Thus, the DC-bus voltage can keep smooth. Results based on Matlab/Simulink simulation shows that this method not only improves dynamic response performance of DC bus voltages control, but also reduces the action time of crowbar circuit. It is benefit to the ability of the wind power system riding through the grid fault.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 448-453)
• Pages: 1727-1731
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.448-453.1727
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Xi Yun Yang*, Li Xia Li, Ya Min Zhang
• Keywords: Coordinated Control, Crowbar Circuit, Dc Bus Voltage, Direct-Drive Wind Power System, Low Voltage Ride through (LVRT)

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