Enhanced Control of DFIG Wind Turbine Based on Stator Flux Decay Compensation

For the doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG)-based wind energy conversion system, the decaying flux and negative flux are the main reasons to cause the DFIG rotor overcurrent, during grid faults. The stator decaying flux characteristics versus the depth and instant of the stator voltage variation are analyzed first. On the basis of the stator flux performances, the enhanced control strategy is proposed to limit the decaying flux approximately into zero in half fundamental period by changing the stator voltage drop and recovery mode, and consequently the rotor transient current pulse is significantly reduced during grid faults. The experimental results based on the 7.5 kW DFIG setup are carried to validate the correctness and feasibility of the proposed strategy. Dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) can be one of the applications. With the proposed strategy, the DVR only works in a half fundamental period and its output voltage amplitude is half of the stator voltage variation, during the grid voltage drop and recovery, respectively. As a consequence, the DVR can be rated for lower power saving cost. The simulation results based on MATLAB/Simulink using a 2 MW DFIG and the experimental results based on the 7.5 kW DFIG validate the effectiveness and feasibility of the DVR-based low-voltage ride through strategy.