The impact of post-fault active power recovery ramp rates of wind turbines on transient stability in Great Britain

Johnstone, Kevin and Bell, Keith and Booth, Campbell (2015) The impact of post-fault active power recovery ramp rates of wind turbines on transient stability in Great Britain. In: EWEA 2015 Annual Event, 2015-11-17 - 2015-11-20, Paris expo Porte de Versailles.

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Abstract

The predominant North-South active power flows across the border between Scotland and England are currently limited by stability considerations. As the penetration of variable-speed wind power plants in Great Britain grows, it is imperative that stability limits, operational flexibility, efficiency and system security are not unnecessarily eroded as a result. The study reported in this paper illustrates the impacts on critical fault clearing times and power transfer limits through this North-South corridor in the presence of increasing levels of wind power plants on the GB transmission system. By focussing on the behaviour of a representative reduced test system following a three-phase fault occurring on one of the two double-circuits of the B6 boundary, the impacts on transient stability margins are qualitatively identified. By altering the immediate post-fault active power recovery ramp-rate of the wind power plants, the transient stability performance of the grid with additional wind power can be significantly improved. The outputs of the project are intended to provide a basis for further detailed studies on a more realistic network model.

ORCID iDs

Johnstone, Kevin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-1592, Bell, Keith ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9612-7345 and Booth, Campbell ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-4477;
  • Item type:Conference or Workshop Item(Paper)
    ID code:59847
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    17 November 2015
    Published
    15 July 2015
    Accepted
    Keywords:post-fault, active power recovery, stability, critical fault clearing times, power transfer limits, ramp-rates, wind power, Electrical Engineering. Electronics Nuclear Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:17 Feb 2017 11:48
    Last modified:18 Jan 2023 13:21
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/59847
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