Stability analysis of the doubly fed machine with emphasis on saturation effects

The doubly fed machine (DFM) is presently given an increasing attention in high power variable speed drives and in wind power generation systems, where it exhibits high performances. This has been gained thanks to the stator flux oriented control. Nevertheless, beyond the effect of heating, the robustness of such control strategy is affected by saturation especially the main magnetic one. Accounting for the effect of the magnetizing branch saturation in steady‐state stability analysis, considering the case of a voltage‐controlled DFM and the case of a current‐controlled one, represents the aim of the study. To this end, a numerical procedure based on a combination of the eigenvalue and the fixed point methods has been developed. It has been found that, in both cases, accounting for saturation yields a stabilization effect which is more or less significant depending on the rotor supply parameters.