Stand-alone excitation synchronous wind power generators with power flow management strategy

Abstract

This study presents a stand-alone excitation synchronous wind power generator (SESWPG) with power flow management strategy (PFMS). The rotor speed of the excitation synchronous generator tracks the utility grid frequency by using servo motor tracking technologies. The automatic voltage regulator governs the exciting current of generator to achieve the control goals of stable voltage. When wind power is less than the needs of the consumptive loading, the proposed PFMS increases motor torque to provide a positive power output for the loads, while keeping the generator speed constant. Conversely, during the periods of wind power greater than output loads, the redundant power of generator production is charged to the battery pack and the motor speed remains constant with very low power consumption. The advantage of the proposed SESWPG is that the generator can directly output stable alternating current (AC) electricity without using additional DC–AC converters. The operation principles with software simulation for the system are described in detail. Experimental results of a laboratory prototype are shown to verify the feasibility of the system.

Keywords

• wind power plants
• synchronous generators
• load flow control
• servomotors
• voltage regulators
• rotors
• torque
• stand-alone excitation synchronous wind power generators
• power flow management strategy
• PFMS
• SESWPG
• utility grid frequency
• servo motor tracking technology
• automatic voltage regulator