Reduction of overvoltage occurred in the switching of wind power plants using of surge arresters
Subject Areas :
1 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Iran
Keywords: wind power plants, switching, overvoltage, surge arrester, EMTP-RV software,
Abstract :
Due to the problems associated to the fossil fuel-based power plants, such as pollution production, climate change, global warming and warning about price change, the use of renewable power plants especially wind power plants in the power grid is increasing day by day. Due to large changes in the grid load and also changes in wind speed, wind power plants are regularly switched in the grid, which is done by vacuum switches. Due to the switching of these power plants, overvoltages occur in the power grid. The main factor causing overvoltage during switching is the reconnection of the switch when the contacts open, so that these overvoltages are in some cases so high that they can lead to insulation failure in some equipment including wind turbines, switches, insulators, protective equipment, measuring equipment and cables. Therefore, these overvoltages should be investigated. In this article, the modeling of switches and wind power plants in power system transient studies is examined in order to study the effect of switching these power plants, which leads to overvoltages. Then, using a lightning arrester, the overvoltage caused by the switching of the wind power plant is reduced. In order to simulate these overvoltages, EMTP-RV software, which is one of the powerful software in the field of power system transient analysis, has been used
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