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CHAPTER 6
VECTOR CONTROL OF DOUBLY FED
INDUCTION GENERATORS
6.1
DESCRIPTION
One of the most recent rotor-side-control schemes is the doubly fed
PRINCIPLE OF CONTROL
The control strategy involves the control of the rotor currents to
control the torque and speed of the induction generator, to achieve output
power control. Vector control also enables the decoupled control of stator flux
and electromagnetic torque (Darviersiang et al 2006).
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PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION
The block diagram of the doubly fed generator, operating in the
super synchronous mode is shown in Figure 6.1 (Leonhard 1996 and Liexu
et al 2006). The stator is directly connected to the grid. The rotor is also
connected to the grid but by means of two back-to-back pulse width
modulation converters. The rotor side converter is current controlled to inject
the desired currents into the rotor (Fernando Valenciage 2007).
When the machine is operating in the generating mode, the
mechanical power Pm gets converted into electrical power in the stator (Pstator)
and in the rotor (Protor). The rotor power is processed by the PWM converters
and the grid side converter can be controlled to feed this power as both real
and reactive powers (Pr and Qr) (Rajib Datta et al, 2002). Thus, the induction
generator system is capable of generating a limited amount of reactive power,
unlike the pitch control or rotor resistance controlled wind energy systems.
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The system can usually be made to operate at a unity power factor with a
10 % control range on the power factor for the entire system.
Pstator
Pm
Grid
AC / DC
DC / AC
Pr, Qr
Protor
control laws of the doubly fed induction generators (DFIG) used in wind
turbines is presented. The analytical model is used to derive the converter
control laws of the generator in terms of rotor voltage and control angle (real
and reactive power) overall operation speed range.
The DFIG design it needs suitable compromises between the wind
turbine performance and the respective characteristics of the DFIG, the
gearbox, the static converters and the associated control strategy. The optimal
solution in terms of performance and cost must be derived from global design
approach (Mustafa Kayikci et al 2008).
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Stator
DFIG
Rotor
DC link
AC
DC
DC
AC
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6.4.2
fed induction generators (DFIG) in wind power plants in recent years. They
have in particular dominated the market in last two years and within
modulation limits, are taken into account in all simulations.
With the envisaged demand and integration of wind power into the
power system, simulation studies and model validation become extremely
important. Currently, the doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) wind
turbines dominate the market due to cost-effective provision of variable-speed
operation. Their ability to control electrical torque and reactive power offer
superior performance concerning system stability. Adequate modeling of
these systems and clear understanding of the effects of different simplification
is paramount if reliable results simulations of power systems with high
penetration of DFIG-based wind plants are sought.
The DFIG mathematical models, as any other mathematical model
of physical device, are simplified either in order to save computational time or
to eliminate the requirement for hard to obtain data. They propose a method to
simplify aerodynamics to represent mechanical power. Modeling of the
aerodynamic efficiency, either Cp has been considered by numerical
approximations or through detailed aerodynamic models of the wind turbine;
however, this influence on transient operation of the DFIG has not been
illustrated (Mustafa Kayikci and Milanovic 2008).
Recently, there has been a growing interest in the use of wind
energy as environmental concerns are on the rise. In spite of this growth,
more technology advances are needed to make wind energy competitive with
many other energy supply methods. Simulation and modeling can be used to
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(6.1)
Pt = 1 2 r 2vw3 C p
(6.2)
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=rmech /v w
(6.3)
(Please note that outside of this section, the symbol will be used for flux
linkages) In equation 6.3 is the rotational speed of the turbine blades.
A series of plots for Cp for different pitch angles is shown in
Figure 6.3. This figure and a very good discussion of this topic can be found
at the Matlab documentation website (www.mathworks.com).
Here it can be clearly seen that for a given pitch angle, there exists
a nominal tip speed ratio (nom), that maximizes CP(, ) and hence maximizes
the power output of the turbine for a given wind speed. Therefore, it is highly
desirable to be able to change the speed of the turbine as the wind speed
changes, such that the turbine maintains the nominal tip speed ratio.
Figure 6.3
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For any induction machine, cage or doubly fed type, the steady
state frequency of the rotor currents and voltages will be the slip frequency.
Therefore
(6.4)
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Is
+
Ir
Rs
jXls
Im
Vs
jXlr
Rr'
s
jXm
+
-
Vr'
s
(6.5)
(6.6)
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Then power equations can be written for Figure 6.4. (Note: if there
is a non-unity turns ratio between the stator and rotor, it will not affect the
power equations. Therefore, this analysis is valid for any turns ratio)
2
X m + Vr ' I r '* s
(6.7)
The active and reactive power is found by taking the real and
imaginary parts of (6.7)
2
Qs = Vs
X m Im [Vr I r ] s = Vs
X m Qr s
(6.8)
(6.9)
Since the slips are small, (6.8) and (6.9) illustrate that a small
amount of rotor power yields a large amount of stator power. Therefore, the
DFIG has the effect of amplifying the rotor inverter power. The desired speed
range of the generator is directly related to the power rating of the inverter.
For example, for a DFIG with a plus / minus speed range of 20 percent
(0.2 > s > -0.2), the rotor inverter must be rated for around 20 percent of the
generator rating.
This analysis highlights two of the DFIGs main advantages. First,
a small amount of reactive power from the rotor becomes a large amount of
reactive power in the stator. Second, the rotor power rating is required to be
only a fraction of the entire generator rating.
A DFIG is a special type of induction generator with a wound rotor.
By proper control of the rotor converter, a DFIGs can achieve reactive power
control and a wider speed range than for a cage-type induction generator.
Variable speed operation allows the DFIG to capture a greater amount of
power in the wind for a given wind speed.
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dq ANALYSIS FUNDAMENTALS
The time domain voltage, current, and flux linkages equations for a
doubly fed machine are quite complicated. There are three stator windings
and three rotor windings, all linking each other. In particular, the interaction
between the stator and rotor windings is complicated by the linkage being
dependent on the angular position of the rotor. The flux linkage matrix is a
6 6 matrix with a dependence on rotor position (Bolik 2004). As an
example, the upper case (example abc) denotes the stator and lower case
(example ABC) denotes the rotor.
Va = ia Rs + d dt a ( mech )
(6.10)
(6.11)
The symbol is used for flux linkage. It is not related to the tip
speed ratio ( = r mech/vw). There are five more sets of equations for the
remainder of the stator and rotor windings.
The flux linkage equation (6.11) is unwieldy in that it has many
terms, half of which have a dependency on the rotor position. The analysis
can be simplified greatly by transforming the three-phase stator and threephase rotor (with the rotor angular displacement between them) to a fictional
two-phase stator and two-phase rotor (with no angular displacement), as
shown in Figure 6.5(a) and (b). These two-phase windings are then allowed to
rotate at an arbitrary speed. Often, it is most advantageous to allow the
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(a)
Figure 6.5
(b)
(a) Three phase rotor and three phase stator with angular
displacement, (b) Two- phase d and q windings with rotor
and stator aligned
(6.12)
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Taking this a step further, the real and imaginary parts of the space
vector can be thought of as the current in two stationary orthogonal windings
that produce the space vector. These fictional two-phase fixed windings are
sometimes referred to as alpha and beta windings. If these windings are
unstuck from their stationary positions, and allowed to rotate or orientate
themselves as the control designer sees fit, they can be called d- and
q-windings.
The d-axis and q-axis stator currents are the (scaled) reflection of
the space vector on the d-axis and q-axis. In Figure 6.6, the scaling factor
is 2 3 , the so-called power invariant transformation, because with this
scaling factor Va ia + Vbib + Vcic = Vsd isd + Vsq isq .
The stator and rotor a-phase, b-phase and c-phase voltage equations
and flux linkage equations can be transformed to the d-axis and q-axis, where
they are much simpler.
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Vsd = isd Rs + d dt sd d sq
(6.13)
Vsq = isq Rs + d dt sq + d sd
(6.14)
(6.15)
(6.16)
(6.17)
is
(6.18)
is
(6.19)
ir
(6.20)
ir
For this research and in most practical work, the DFIG will have a
non-unity turns ratio, n. Therefore, the flux linkage equations must include the
turns ratio. Also, it will be useful to define the d- and q-axis magnetizing
current.
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(6.21)
(6.22)
Including magnetizing current and the turns ratio, the flux linkage
equations can be written as:
(6.23)
is
(6.24)
is
(6.25)
ir
(6.26)
ir
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The standard strategy for DFIG control is to use the rotor d and qaxis voltage, vrd and vrq, to control the rotor currents, ird and irq. In order to
design the controllers and to gain an understanding of how any of the voltages
affect any of the currents, it is necessary to derive the DFIG current and
voltage transfer functions.
This can be done by substituting equation (6.23) through
equation (6.26) into equation (6.13) through equation (6.16) and rearranging
to get a state equation matrix with currents as the state variables and voltage
as the inputs, resulting in equation (6.27).
isd
isd
Vsd
isq
Vsq
d isq
= [ A(d , dA ) ]
+ [ B(d , dA ) ]
ird
Vrd
dt ird
irq
irq
Vrq
(6.27)
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dependent on the rotor speed. However, for the purposes of linearization and
converter control design, the electrical dynamics can be considered much
faster than the mechanical dynamics, and dA can be considered constant.
6.6
VECTOR CONTROL
(6.28)
where k is the angular speed of the stator flux reference frame. The rotor
voltage equations are not necessary, as the rotor side is current controlled and
the rotor current space vector rir is known.
The stator flux reference frame refers to a reference frame whose
d-axis is aligned along the stator flux space vector. So, by definition,
r
s = ds ; qs = 0
(6.29)
(6.30)
Vqs = Rs iqs + k k
(6.31)
since
r
s = Ls r is + Lm r ir
(6.32)
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(6.33)
ids = s Lmidr Ls
(6.34)
k = Vqs + ( Rs Lmiqr Ls ) s
(6.35)
(6.36)
Lm
siqr
Lr
(6.37)
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stator flux reference frame, using the stator voltages, rotor currents and the
rotor speed as input. The estimator is based on equation (6.28) through
equation (6.37) and the SIMULINK implementation of the estimator is shown
in Figure 6.11 (Rabira and Culloch 2000).
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Pref
1 Av 3
w
2
(6.38)
The tip speed ratio is then obtained from a lookup table. The
feedback path compensates for any losses in the system.
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The following are the values used for the gains of the P-I
controllers in the simulation.
For the flux controller:
Kp = 10 and Ki = 50.
For the torque controller:
KP = 10 and Ki = 50.
For the speed controller:
Kp = 5 and Ki = 25.
For the power controller:
Kp = 0 and Ki = 1.
The SIMULINK implementation of the system is shown in
Appendix A5.
6.7
The power output of the system for the wind speed variation is
shown in Figure 6.14. The output power variation is about 2 % and the
settling time is about 5 secs. The system response is fast and the output power
variation is minimal compared to pitch control and rotor resistance control
(Roohollah Fadainedjad et al 2008).
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The rotor speed of the generator is plotted in Figure 6.15. The rotor
speed is also within the limits (10 % of the rated). The rotor power can be fed
back to the grid, thus minimizing losses in the system. Thus, based on our
discussion, comparison between the fixed speed and the variable speed wind
turbines is detailed in Table 6.1.
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Synchronous generator
No Power Electronics
Required
Power Electronics
required. (100% rating of
generator)
Power Electronics
required (10 40 %
rating of machine)
Ability to generate
Ability to generate
reactive power and supply reactive power and
to grid
supply to grid
Voltage control
possible
Control of active
power possible
Thus, from Table 6.1, we can see that variable speed wind turbine
with DFIG has several advantages as compared to other types.
6.8
SUMMARY
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