1) The burning of fossil fuels contributes significantly to climate change due to greenhouse gases. Wind power is currently the fastest growing form of renewable energy.
2) Adjustable speed generator wind turbines have advantages over fixed speed turbines such as reduced stress, improved power quality, and higher efficiency. Doubly-fed induction generators are a popular type of adjustable speed turbine due to their lower cost.
3) Series capacitive compensation is an economical way to increase the power transfer capability of transmission lines connecting wind farms to the grid. However, this risks sub-synchronous resonance which can damage wind turbines if not prevented.
1) The burning of fossil fuels contributes significantly to climate change due to greenhouse gases. Wind power is currently the fastest growing form of renewable energy.
2) Adjustable speed generator wind turbines have advantages over fixed speed turbines such as reduced stress, improved power quality, and higher efficiency. Doubly-fed induction generators are a popular type of adjustable speed turbine due to their lower cost.
3) Series capacitive compensation is an economical way to increase the power transfer capability of transmission lines connecting wind farms to the grid. However, this risks sub-synchronous resonance which can damage wind turbines if not prevented.
1) The burning of fossil fuels contributes significantly to climate change due to greenhouse gases. Wind power is currently the fastest growing form of renewable energy.
2) Adjustable speed generator wind turbines have advantages over fixed speed turbines such as reduced stress, improved power quality, and higher efficiency. Doubly-fed induction generators are a popular type of adjustable speed turbine due to their lower cost.
3) Series capacitive compensation is an economical way to increase the power transfer capability of transmission lines connecting wind farms to the grid. However, this risks sub-synchronous resonance which can damage wind turbines if not prevented.
Nowadays, it is well-understoodthat theburningof fossil fuels inelectric power sta-
tion has asignicant inuenceon theglobal climatedueto greenhousegases. In many countries, the use of cost-effectiveand reliable low-carbon electricity energy sources is becominganimportant energy policy. Amongdifferent kinds of cleanenergy resources- suchassolar power, hydro-power, oceanwavepower andsoon, windpower isthefastest- growingformof renewableenergyat thepresent time. Theadjustablespeed generator wind turbine(ASGWT) has key advantages over the xed-speedgenerator windturbine(FSGWT) interms of reducedmechanical stress, im- provedpower quality, highsystemefciency, andreducedacoustic noise. Oneimportant classof ASGWT isthedoubly-fedinductiongenerator (DFIG), whichhasbecomepopular withtheelectricpower industryduetoitscost advantageover theother classof ASGWT, i.e. fully ratedconverter-basedwindturbines. Becauseof increasedintegrationof DFIG- basedwindfarmsintoelectricpower grids, it isnecessarytotransmit thegeneratedpower fromwindfarmstotheexistinggridsviatransmissionnetworkswithout congestion. Seriescapacitivecompensationof DFIG-basedwindfarmisaneconomical way toin- creasethepower transfer capability of thetransmissionlineconnectingwindfarmto the grid. For example, a study performed by ABB reveals that increasing the power trans- fer capability of an existingtransmissionlinefrom1300 MW to 2000 MW usingseries compensationis90%lessexpensivethanbuildinganewtransmissionline. However, afactor hinderingtheextensiveuseof seriescapacitivecompensationisthe potential riskof sub- synchronousresonance(SSR). TheSSRisaconditionwherethewind farmexchangesenergy withtheelectricnetwork, towhichit isconnected, at oneor more iii natural frequenciesof theelectricor mechanical part of thecombinedsystem, comprising thewindfarmandthenetwork, andthefrequency of theexchangedenergy is belowthe fundamental frequency of thesystem. Thisphenomenonmay causeseveredamageinthe windfarm, if not prevented. Therefore, thisdissertationdealswiththeSSR phenomenainacapacitiveseriescom- pensatedwindfarm. A DFIG-basedwindfarm, whichisconnectedtoaseriescompensated transmissionline, is consideredas acasestudy. Thesmall-signal stability analysisof the systemis presented, and theeigenvalues of thesystemareobtained. Using both modal analysis and time-domain simulation, it is shown that thesystemis potentially unstable duetotheSSR mode. Then, threedifferent possibilitiesfor theadditionof SSR dampingcontroller (SSRDC) areinvestigated. TheSSRDC canbeaddedto(1) gate-controlledseriescapacitor (GCSC), (2) thyristor-controlledseries capacitor (TCSC), or (3) DFIG rotor-sideconverter (RSC) and grid-sideconverter (GSC) controllers. Therst and second cases are related to the seriesexibleAC transmissionsystems(FACTS) family, andthethirdcaseusestheDFIG back-to-back converters to damp theSSR. TheSSRDC is designed using residue-based analysisandroot locusdiagrams. Usingresidue-basedanalysis, theoptimal input control signal (ICS) totheSSRDC isidentiedthat candamptheSSR modewithoutdestabilizing other modes, andusingroot-locusanalysis, therequiredgainfor theSSRDCisdetermined. Sincetheoptimumcontrol signal cannot beeasilymeasureddirectly, twomethodsaredis- cussedtocreateanestimateof theoptimuminput signal totheSSRDC, whichcanbeused intheSSRDC. Inthisdissertation, MATLAB/Simulinkisusedasatool for modelingand designof theSSRDC, andPSCAD/EMTDC isusedtoperformtime-domainsimulationin order toprovidelarge-signal validationof thedesignprocess. iv