Mechanical Excitation of Electricity-Producing Wind Turbines at Grid Faults

摘要

A model of electricity-producing wind turbines, focusing on a detailed representation of the mechanical construction by a simplified aeroelastic code, is implemented in the simulation tool PSS/E. The model is used to investigate the mechanical excitation of the grid-connected wind turbines due to grid faults. The power grid models, of arbitrary complexity, allow an accurate response of the wind turbine generators to the grid fault. This simulates an accurate voltage profile and, hence, the electric torque affecting the mechanical construction through the shaft system. The turbine construction will be excited by the grid fault with torsional oscillations and vibrations in the shaft system. These mechanical responses are compared with the respective oscillations and vibrations occurring in the wind turbine at a safety-stop. The analysis is important because the capacities and physical size of new wind turbines are increasing significantly, so the interaction between the wind turbine mechanical construction and the power grid will affect power stability.