Improved Crowbar Control Strategy of DFIG Based Wind Turbines for Grid Fault Ride-Through

Nowadays, the most widely used variable speed machine for wind turbine above 1MW is the doubly fed induction generator (DFIG). As the wind power penetration continues to increase, wind turbines are required to provide Low Voltage Ride-Through (LVRT) capability. Crowbars are commonly used to protect the power converters during voltage dips. Its main drawback is that the DFIG absorbs reactive power from the grid during grid faults. This paper proposes an improved control strategy for the crowbar protection to reduce its operation time. And a simple demagnetization method is adopted to decrease the oscillations of the transient current. Moreover, reactive power can be provided to assist the recovery of the grid voltage. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed control schemes.

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