Adaptive frequency support control strategy for wind farms based on rotor kinetic energy

Abstract

With the large-scale integration of wind power into the grid, the inertia and disturbance resistance of the power system are gradually declining, leading to an increasingly prominent frequency stability issue. An adaptive frequency support control strategy for wind farms based on rotor kinetic energy is proposed. Firstly, a participation factor is proposed, which determines the degree of wind farm participation in frequency support based on the average rotor speed of the wind farm and adaptively adjusts the inertia response parameters and frequency droop control parameters of wind farms. Based on the real-time available rotor kinetic energy of wind turbines, the frequency modulation power of wind farms is dynamically allocated. The frequency support ability of wind turbines with more rotor kinetic energy is fully utilized and excessive participation of low-speed wind turbines is avoided in frequency modulation. After the frequency support is completed, a staged rotor speed recovery method is used to restore the rotor speed of the wind turbines. Simulation results show that the proposed strategy can adaptively adjust the active output power based on the operating status of the wind farms and the available rotor kinetic energy of the wind turbines while achieving effective support for the system frequency and avoiding secondary frequency drop.

Keywords

• wind farm
• rotor kinetic energy
• participation factor
• adaptive
• active frequency support
• secondary frequency drop