Grid-side cascade inverter system as an interface for wind energy storage


Autoria(s): Jayasinghe, S.D. Gamini; Vilathgamuwa, D. Mahinda; Madawala, Udaya K.
Data(s)

2010

Resumo

Additional converters that are used to interface energy storage devices incur power losses as well as increased system cost and complexity. The need for additional converters can be eliminated if the grid side inverter can itself be effectively used as the interface for energy storage. This paper therefore proposes a technique whereby the grid side inverter can also be used as an interface to connect a supercapacitor energy storage for wind energy conversion systems. The proposed grid side inverter is formed by cascading a 3-level inverter and a 2-level inverter through a coupling transformer. The three-level inverter is the main inverter and it is powered by the rectified output of the wind turbine coupled AC generator while the 2-level auxiliary inverter is connected to the super capacitor bank that is used to compensate short term power fluctuations. Novel modulation and control techniques are proposed to address the problems associated with non-integer and dynamically-changing dc-link voltage ratio, which is caused by the random nature of wind. Simulation results are presented to verify the efficacy of the proposed system in suppressing short term wind power fluctuations.

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/75160/

Publicador

IEEE

Relação

DOI:10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617933

Jayasinghe, S.D. Gamini, Vilathgamuwa, D. Mahinda, & Madawala, Udaya K. (2010) Grid-side cascade inverter system as an interface for wind energy storage. In Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), IEEE, Atlanta, GA, The United States of America, pp. 718-723.

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Copyright 2010 IEEE

Fonte

School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science; Science & Engineering Faculty

Palavras-Chave #Dual inverter #Energy storage interfacing #Non-integer voltage ration #Supercapacitor
Tipo

Conference Paper