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dc.contributor.advisor De silva, N
dc.contributor.advisor Karunadasa, JP
dc.contributor.author Nagodavithana, RD
dc.date.accessioned 2014-08-21T12:33:26Z
dc.date.available 2014-08-21T12:33:26Z
dc.date.issued 2014-08-21
dc.identifier.citation Nagodavithana, R.D. (2011). Voltage stability analysis of a grid connected wind farm [Master's theses, University of Moratuwa]. Institutional Repository University of Moratuwa. http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/10577
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/10577
dc.description.abstract Voltage instability is one of the problems that can cause a wind farm to shut down without any warning. The resulting sudden drop or generation can lead to large power system faults. The voltage instability issue mainly plagues one type of wind farm. The squirrel cage induction generator fed wind farms. This is due to the lack of reactive power support in this type of generators. To assess the stability of such wind farms a dynamic model of wind farm has been developed by accumulating the following models. 1. Squirrel cage induction machine 2. Wind turbine 3. Transmission line 4. Transformer 5. Capacitor bank Model parameters were calculated and simulations were performed for a wind farm consisting of eight wind turbine generators each with a capacity of 1805kVA. Stability was assed for normal 33kV national grid level network voltage variations of +10% of rated Voltage. The wind farm is shown to be stable for this variation and operated within normal parameters. The wind farm was also checked for LVRT capability and found to be within CEB specifications. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject MSc in Electrical Engineering
dc.subject ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING - Dissertations
dc.subject WIND POWER
dc.subject ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS - Voltage
dc.title Voltage stability analysis of a grid connected wind farm en_US
dc.type Thesis-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.degree Master of Science in Electrical Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Electrical Engineering en_US
dc.date.accept 2011-10
dc.identifier.accno 102531 en_US


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