Improvement of power quality for PMSG wind turbine systems

Abstract

This paper proposes an LVRT (low-voltage ride-through) of multi-pole permanent-magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) for wind turbine systems under the grid fault condition and varying wind speed using the energy storage system (ESS) and braking chopper (BC). The proposed topology can reduce the ESS power rating and improve the output performance. A detailed design procedure and control strategy for the ESS and BC are presented. The PSIM simulation results prove that the proposed system can give the ride-through capability and power smoothening for the PMSG wind turbine system. The validity of the proposed system is also verified by experiment results.