Decrypting wind turbine generators

What is a fault detection method for a wind turbine generator?

Conventional fault detection methods for wind turbine (WT) generators often grapple with inadequate warning times and poor portability. These issues contribute to heightened safety risks and an increased false positive rate (FPR) and false negative rate (FNR).

How has technology changed wind power generators?

Meanwhile, the rapid development of power electronics technology has enabled a technological transformation in wind power generators over the past three decades (for example, from fixed-speed low-power wind turbine generators to variable-speed high-power wind turbine generators) 17, 19, 29.

What are the different types of wind turbine generation systems?

Two typical configurations of power electronic converter-based wind turbine generation systems have been widely adopted in modern wind power applications: type 3 wind generation systems with doubly fed induction generators (DFIGs) (Fig. 2a); and type 4 wind generation systems with permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSGs) (Fig. 2b).

What are the components of a wind generation system?

In wind generation systems, the wind turbine, the electrical generator and the grid-interfaced converters are three key components that have been developed in the past 30 years 32, 33. The turbine converts wind energy into mechanical energy.

Do DFIG-based wind turbines have a combined vector and direct power control?

A combined vector and direct power control for DFIG-based wind turbines. IEEE Trans. Sustain. Energy 5, 767–775 (2014). Zhang, Y., Hu, J. & Zhu, J. Three-vectors-based predictive direct power control of the doubly fed induction generator for wind energy applications.

Can wind turbines be used for power system frequency control?

A fundamental study of applying wind turbines for power system frequency control. IEEE Trans. Power Syst. 31, 1496–1505 (2016). Li, H., Qiao, Y., Lu, Z., Zhang, B. & Teng, F. Frequency-constrained stochastic planning towards a high renewable target considering frequency response support from wind power. IEEE Trans. Power Syst. 36, 4632–4644 (2021).