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Investigation of Self-Excited Induction Generators
for Wind Turbine Applications
* University of Zaragoza
Electrical Engineering Department
Maria de Luna 3, 50015 Zaragoza, Spain
Phone/Fax: 34 976 761925 / 762226
e-mail: jsallan@posta.unizar.es
Rr
ZL Xm fpu Rr (1-s)/s
Re(Ys ) +
Vt E s
2
=0 [6]
÷ + (X lr f pu )
æ Rr ö 2
ç
è s ø
The slip can be solved from Equation 6. The next thing to
solve is the airgap voltage at this operating point. The
relationship of the imaginary part of the rotor branch, the
Ys E Ym Yr stator branch, and the magnetizing branch is given in
Equation 7. It can be used to solve Xm. From Xm and the
operating frequency, the airgap voltage (E60HZ fpu), the
magnetizing curve, and the operating frequency, the airgap
flux and airgap voltage can be found.
Figure 2. Equivalent circuit of the
induction machine X lr f pu 1
Im(Ys ) + 2
+ =0 [7]
X m f pu
÷ + (X lr f pu )
æ Rr ö
Ys = Re(Ys ) + j Im(Ys ) [3] ç
2
è s ø
The rotor branch can be represented as: The relationship between the magnetizing inductance Lm as a
Rr function of flux linkage (E/ω) is given in Figure 3. It is
shown how the value of Lm decreases as the induction
s X lr f pu generator saturates. From the Lm, the airgap voltage can be
Yr = 2
−j 2
[4]
found. The terminal voltage, the stator and rotor current, the
÷ + (X lr f pu ) ÷ + (X lr f pu )
æ Rr ö 2 æ Rr ö 2
ç ç airgap voltage, and input power can be computed.
è s ø è s ø
L 0.2 L
m
Induction
machine
0.133 0.1
0 0.2 0.4
C
0.015 FLUX 0.398
m Thyristor bridge
Flux (Volt/(rad/s))
4
RL is varied to track
300 Pideal, C=70uF 3
RL =210 ohm, C=70uF
200
Pideal 2
100 1
RL and C are varied to track Pideal
R L , C are varied to track P ideal
and to keep Is < Irated
and to keep Is < Is rated
0 0
30 35 40 45 50 55 60 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
Figure 5. Power versus frequency of a parallel Figure 6. Stator current versus frequency of a parallel
excited induction generator excited induction generator
ac capacitors helps to smooth out the current shape. The the stator current reaches its rated value, another capacitor
power output of the generator can be adjusted by controlling value is used and the resistance is varied again and so on.
the firing angle of the phase-controlled inverter at the utility We show in Figure 5 that to track the Pideal, the load must
side. Thus, the utility is seen by the generator as an be represented as a variable resistance. Using a constant
adjustable energy sink. For steady-state analysis and resistance load, the generated power increases above the rated
considering only the fundamental component of the current power of the generator as the frequency is increased. With a
waveform, the load can be replaced as an adjustable resistive variable-resistance load, it is possible to follow the ideal
load RL. power for a wide range of frequency variation as shown by
Figure 4 shows the physical diagram of parallel the dash-dot line. Similarly, with three different capacitors, it
compensation. The load and the capacitor compensation can is possible to follow ideal power for a wide range of
be represented as ZLoad. The admittance of the stator and the operating frequencies.
load can be expressed as: In Figure 6, the stator currents for three different cases are
shown. For constant resistance load, the power cannot
Ys = (Z Load + Z s ) −1 [8] follow the Pideal, and the stator current goes above the rated
current. By changing the values of the capacitor for different
ranges of operating frequency, it is possible to keep the stator
where Zload and Zs are given as: current below its rated value. It is shown from Figure 6 that
as the stator current goes above its rated, a new capacitor
1 value is applied to the system. Note that there are
Z Load = [9]
discontinuities of the operating points when changing the
1
+ jωC capacitance values.
RL In Figure 7, the value of magnetizing inductance Lm as the
Z s = R s + jX ls f pu [10] frequency changes are shown for three different cases. The
0.6
Using the equations above and the saturation curve of Xm,
0.5
the operating condition of the induction generator is
examined. The adjustable converter load is represented by 0.4
R L and C are varied to track P ideal
and to keep Is < Irated
resistive load. Three cases are examined. The first one is a
Lm (H)
0.8
V. SERIES-PARALLEL COMPENSATION
0.5
The system configuration for series-parallel compensation 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800
is shown in Figure 8. In this configuration, both the series rotor speed (rpm)
capacitor C2 and the parallel capacitor C affect the level of
Figure 10. Stator current versus rpm for a series-
excitation. The series capacitance C2 helps to increase the
parallel excitation induction machine
level of excitation and counteracts the voltage drop across the
stator resistance and stator leakage inductance. induction generator to counteract the main magnetizing
winding Lm, which size varies with the level of saturation.
A steady-state analysis is performed to understand the
behavior of the system. The compensation chosen is the
C2 parallel capacitor C=40 µF and the series compensation
L
Induction capacitor C2=150 µF). As in the previous section, the power
Machine converter is simulated by an adjustable resistive load RL.
Apparently, a normal operating condition can be achieved by
Utility using this pair of capacitance values. The ideal power can be
achieved and the stator current stays below the rated value in
C the entire range of operation.
Thyristor bridge In Figure 9, the output power of the generator (solid line)
and Pideal (dashed line) are shown. The system can track the
Figure 8. Series-parallel excitation of the induction machine ideal power for a wide range of operating frequencies.
In Figure 10, the stator current as a function of the
In this case, the load impedance is: frequency is shown. Note that the stator current stays within
the rated value in the entire range of operation.
1 1 The level of excitation can be shown by the variation of
Z Load = + . (5) inductance Lm as the frequency is varied. This variation is
1 jω C 2
+ jω C shown in Figure 11. Comparing Figure 11 and Figure 7, it is
RL clear that the series compensation can satisfactorily maintain
the level of saturation. It is shown that in the lower
In Equation 5, the terminal of the induction generator is frequency, the saturation level is very low and the stator
connected to the series capacitor and the parallel capacitor is current required to track the ideal power is also low. Thus
connected in parallel with the diode bridge. The parallel both the iron losses and the copper losses are low in the low
capacitor compensates the main reactive power needed by the frequency, which indicates that the operation of the system is
efficient even in the lower frequency region.
Power and Pideal versus rotor speed
300
Lm (Henry)
Power (watt)
200
0.25
100
0 0.2
1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 40 50 60
rotor speed (rpm)
frequency (Hz)
Figure 9. Power (in watts) versus rotor speed for Figure 11. Magnetizing inductance (in H) versus
series-parallel excited generator frequency for series-parallel excited generator
150 Thus, if the upper limit is set to Prated, the lower limit that is
50% of the rated speed will generate about 1/8 (12.5%) of the
120
voltage drop rated power.
across reactance
Is . Xc Xls
i i i 90 A. Generator voltage and current waveforms
Xc
i
Xls
i
Figure 14a shows the phase voltage and line current in the
60
generator when working in rated conditions. The voltage
waveform is affected by the current distortion. Figure 14b,
30 reactance shows the frequency spectrum of the current waveform. The
current waveform contains minimal harmonic components.
0 The parallel capacitors at the output terminal across the
40 50 60
diode bridge filters the harmonics current entering the
f
i generator. It is expected that the harmonic losses due to
Figure 12. Voltage drop across reactance and the
reactance (Xc-Xls) versus frequency current harmonics is reduced significantly. The torque
pulsation which is normally associated with current
It should be pointed out that the series-parallel harmonics is expected to be very small as well. The effect of
compensation operates smoothly because there is no need to torque pulsation on the speed fluctuation is further reduced
change the capacitor size. The capacitor pair chosen can be by the fact that the blade inertia is very large compare to
used for the entire range of operation. The series capacitor normal load. Thus the rotor speed fluctuation due to
should be able to carry the rated current as the induction harmonics is barely be noticeable.
generator, while the parallel capacitor should be rated to
withstand the output voltage at the terminal of the power
converter. Both the series and parallel capacitors are ac 200
capacitors. 150
It is interesting to observe the series capacitor compensates
for the voltage-drop across the stator leakage inductance. 100
Figure 12 shows the total reactance (Xc-Xls) and the voltage 50
drop across it. In this circuit, the series capacitive-reactance
is more dominant than the stator leakage reactance, the total 0 (a)
reactance drops as the frequency increases. However, as the 0 10 20 30 40
-50
frequency increases, the demand for the stator current also
increases. Thus the voltage drop across the total reactance -100
(Xc-Xls) is almost constant for the entire range of operation. Vgen (V)
-150
In Figure 13, the actual data from experimental results 50*I(A)
collected in the laboratory is drawn on the same figure as the -200
ideal power Pideal. The experimental data fits the ideal curve 0.25
t (ms)
0.10
250
0.05
200 Power (ideal)
Power (test) 0.00
150 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450
(W)
t(s)
100 Figure 14. Voltage and current waveform at the
generator terminal output
50
0
B. Utility voltage and current waveforms
200 700 1200 1700 Figure 15 shows the utility voltage and current. The latter
Speed (rpm) has the typical shape of a thyristor inverter current, with high
Figure 13. Power versus rotor speed from ripple. Its frequency spectrum shows the high value of the
experimental data fifth and seventh harmonics. With proper filtering at the
250
VI. CONCLUSIONS
200
or other topologies.
0 .1 0
VII. ACKNOWLEDMENTS
0 .0 5
The authors wish to thank Jerry Bianchi for his assistance
during the test set up of this generator.
0 .0 0 We wish to acknowledge our management at National
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 Renewable Energy Laboratory and the U.S. Department of
f (H z)
Energy for encouraging us and approving the time and tools
Figure 15. Utility phase voltage and line current. we needed for this project. DOE supported this work under
a) Current and voltage waveform contract number DE-AC36-98-GO10337.
b) Frequency spectrum of the utility
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