Vittal V., Ayyanar R. Grid Integration and Dynamic Impact of Wind Energy

Springer Science+Business Media, New York, 2013, 148 pages, ISBN: 978-1-4419-9322-9, ISBN: 978-1-4419-9323-6Wind-based renewable energy generation has had a significant resurgence in the past decade. This is primarily due to advances in technology driven by the advent of variable speed wind turbine generators, which include doubly fed induction generator-based wind turbines as well as full converter permanent magnet synchronous machine based wind turbines. The versatility of these wind generators can be largely attributed to power electronic converters that enable variable speed operations while providing increasing grid support features. This resurgence has resulted in a significant number of wind farms being interconnected to the electric grid all around the world. As a consequence, there has been renewed interest in examining and analyzing the impact of increased penetration of wind resources on the steady-state and dynamic performance of the interconnected grid. The need to understand and carefully analyze this impact has led to concerted efforts in the development of models of different types of wind turbine generators, and the incorporation of these models into analysis tools.The authors have been closely associated with the examination of the impact of increased penetration of wind generation on system performance with their colleagues and students. Other investigators have also made significant contributions to this field. Our objective in developing this book is to present to the reader an account of the salient aspects of the various wind turbine technologies, details of the associated power electronic converters and their controls, and a comprehensive discussion of the impact of wind turbine generators on system dynamic performance of the electric grid.Power Electronic Concepts
Power Converter Topologies for Grid Interface of Wind Energy
Control of Wind Generators
Dynamic Models for Wind Generators
Impact of Increased Penetration of DFIG Wind Generators on System Dynamic Performance