Int. J. Serv. Sci. Manag. Eng. Technol. | 2021
Two-Level Grid-Side Converter-Based STATCOM and Shunt Active Power Filter of Variable-Speed DFIG Wind Turbine-Based WECS Using SVM for Terminal Voltage
Abstract
Regulation of the terminal voltage of doubly fed induction generator (DFIG)-based wind energy conversion system (WECS) by modifying the control scheme of the grid side converter (GSC) is necessary compared to connecting alone flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS) and active power filter devices from economic point of view. An assessment study of GSC control strategy based both of static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) and shunt active power filter (SAPF) is introduced in this paper. STATCOM based AC voltage magnitude regulator and SAPF-based load calculations are controlled using space vector modulation (SVM) technique to maintain the terminal voltage of DFIG wind turbine constant when a grid disturbance happened. The system under study is modeled in MATLAB/Simulink environment. The simulation results under wind speed variation demonstrated that GSC-based STATCOM gives better results in regulation of the terminal voltage of DFIG compared to GSC-based SAPF and enhancement of the stability of this system.