1. Analysis of a Commercial Wind Farm in Taiwan Part II: Different Current-Limit Reactors and Load Tap Changers on System Performance.
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Wang, Li, Yeh, Tai-Her, Lee, Wei-Jen, and Chen, Zhe
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WIND power plants , *REACTIVE power , *ELECTRIC transients , *ELECTRIC generators , *ELECTRIC transformers , *ELECTRIC reactors , *PERFORMANCE evaluation - Abstract
This paper presents the effects of installing variable current-limit reactors (CLRs) and adjusting load tap changers (LTCs) on the performance of a commercial wind farm in Taiwan using computer simulations. The companion paper (Part I) demonstrates the field-measured results, simulation model, and simulation results of the studied Jang-Bin wind farm with 23 2-MW doubly fed induction generator-type wind turbine generators connected to the utility system through a 23/161-kV 60-MVA step-up main transformer (MT) from six feeders. Six CLRs, which were originally designed to limit short-circuit currents under faulted conditions, are connected in series with the six feeders. The LTCs of the MT are used to adjust/regulate the secondary-side voltage at the 23-kV bus. Some simulated steady-state and transient results of the studied wind farm with variable values of the proposed CLRs and LTCs are analyzed and compared. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2011
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