Improving Fault Ride-Through Capability of Fixed-Speed Wind Turbine by Using Bridge-Type Fault Current Limiter

The interaction between wind turbines and grid results in increasing short-circuit level and fault ride-through (FRT) capability problem during fault condition. In this paper, the bridge-type fault current limiter (FCL) with discharging resistor is used for solving these problems. For this FCL, a control scheme is proposed, which uses the dc reactor current as control variable, to adjust the terminal voltage of induction generator (IG) without measuring any parameters of system. In this paper, the wind energy conversion system (WECS) is a fixed-speed system equipped with a squirrel-cage IG. The drivetrain is represented by a two-mass model. The analytical and simulation studies of the bridge-type FCL and proposed control scheme for limiting the fault current and improving FRT capability are presented and compared with the impact of the application of the series dynamic braking resistor (SDBR).

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