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This paper investigates the coordinated control strategy for a hybrid wind farm with doubly fed induction generator (DFIG)-based and direct-driven permanent-magnet synchronous generator (PMSG)-based wind farms during network unbalance. The negative-sequence current output capabilities of DFIG and PMSG systems under unbalanced grid voltage condition are described. Furthermore, by considering both the negative-sequence current capabilities and requirements of different control targets for each control unit, the controllable operating regions of DFIG and PMSG systems are investigated. According to the controllable operating regions, a targets selection scheme for each control unit is proposed to improve the stability of the hybrid wind farms containing both DFIG-based and PMSG-based wind farms during network unbalance, especially to avoid DFIG-based wind farm tripping from connected power grid under severe grid voltage unbalance conditions. Finally, the proposed coordinated control strategy is validated by the simulation results of a 30-MW-DFIG-based wind farm and a 30-MW-PMSG-based wind farm under different operation conditions and experimental results on a laboratory-scale experimental rig under severe grid voltage unbalance conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates an improved control strategy for a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind-power generation system with series grid-side converter (SGSC) under network unbalance and harmonic grid voltage distortion conditions. The integrated mathematical modeling of the DFIG system with SGSC is established by taking both the negative-sequence and harmonic components of the grid voltages into consideration with multiple synchronous rotating reference frames. Under network unbalance and harmonic distortion situations, stator voltage can be kept symmetrical and sinusoidal by the control of SGSC, which indicates that the rotor-side converter (RSC) can be still controlled with the traditional vector control strategy without modifications. Meanwhile, for the parallel grid-side converter (PGSC), three sets of selectable control targets are identified and their corresponding current references are calculated. In addition, the allocation principles for the PGSC’s current references are proposed by taking into account the PGSC’s current rating limit. The impact of PGSC’s current limit on the proposed control strategies have been investigated in detail. Furthermore, a PI regulator with a dual-frequency resonant (PI-DFR) controller in the positive synchronous reference frame for PGSC and SGSC are designed to achieve the rapid and precise regulation of the corresponding components simultaneously. Simulation studies on a DFIG system with SGSC under network unbalance and harmonic distorted voltage situation validate the proposed control strategies and allocation principles for PGSC’s current reference. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]