Method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10072634-B2
Application number	US-201514924447-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2015
Priority date	May 8, 2013
Publication date	Sep 11, 2018
Grant date	Sep 11, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network by means of at least a first and a second wind farm. A first electrical wind farm output is provided by the first wind farm to be fed into the electrical supply network and a second electrical wind farm output is provided by the second wind farm to be fed into the electrical supply network, and a total power output is generated from at least the first and second wind farm output and fed into the electrical supply network, wherein a central control unit for controlling the total power output that is fed in controls the provision of at least the first and second wind farm output.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network by means of at least a first wind farm and a second wind farm, comprising the steps:
Provision of a first electrical wind farm output by the first wind farm for feeding into the electrical supply network,
Provision of a second electrical wind farm output by the second wind farm for feeding into the electrical supply network,
Generation of a total power output from at least the first electrical wind farm output and the second electrical wind farm output and feeding in of the total power output into the electrical supply network,
wherein:
a central control unit for controlling the total power fed in controls the provision of at least the first electrical wind farm output and the second electrical wind farm output,
the first electrical wind farm output and the second electrical wind farm output and the total power output are active power,
at least the first wind farm and the second wind farm each comprise a wind farm control unit for controlling the respective wind farm,
the central control unit is connected to the respective wind farm control units of the first wind farm and the second wind farm,
the central control unit controls the provision of the first electrical wind farm output and the second electrical wind farm output by means of the respective wind farm control unit of at least the first wind farm and the second wind farm,
the central control unit records status variables for the electrical supply network, values for the total power output fed in, and/or external default values, and
the central control unit controls the feed into the electrical supply network at least as a function of a grid sensitivity of the electrical supply network with reference to a feed point or as a function of a short-circuit ratio, wherein the grid sensitivity and the short circuit ratio indicate the stability of the electrical supply network.

2. The method according to
claim 1 , wherein
at least the first wind farm and the second wind farm feed the power thereof to be fed in for provision into an intermediate network, wherein:
in each case, the intermediate network is connected to the respective wind farm by means of a transformer to step up an electrical voltage in the wind farm to a higher electrical voltage in the intermediate network and/or
the intermediate network is connected to the electrical supply network by means of a transformer to step up an electrical voltage in the intermediate network to a higher electrical voltage in the electrical supply network.

3. Method according to
claim 1 , wherein
the central control unit controls the feed into the electrical supply network as a function of at least one status variable in the electrical supply network.

4. Method according to
claim 1 , wherein
the central control unit for the feed into the electrical supply network controls
the amount of active power to be fed in,
the amount of reactive power to be fed in, and/or
the consumption of electrical power in a power consumption device, in particular in a loss resistance device.

5. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the central control unit records current status variables in the electrical supply network, in particular frequency and voltage amplitude, and, as a function thereof, controls the provision of at least the first electrical wind farm output and the second electrical wind farm output and/or
each wind farm control unit provides information concerning at least one status variable for the respective wind farm and the information contains at least one piece of information from the list comprising:
the currently available power,
the power expected to be available within a predetermined forecast period and
changes expected in the available power.

6. The method according to
claim 1 , wherein
the central control unit functions as a phase shifter and/or
power is fed into the electrical supply network in such a way that disturbances in the electrical supply network are entirely or partially compensated for.

7. Wind farm arrangement for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network comprising:
at least a first wind farm and a second wind farm in each case comprising a plurality of wind energy installations,
an intermediate network that is connected to the wind farms, which intermediate network transmits electrical wind farm output provided by the connected wind farms, and
a central control unit for feeding in a total power output that is at least partially generated from the wind farm outputs and for controlling the individual wind farm outputs provided by the connected wind farms, wherein the wind farm outputs and the total power output are active power,
wherein:
at least the first wind farm and second wind farm each comprise a wind farm control unit for controlling the respective wind farm,
the central control unit is connected to the respective wind farm control units of the first wind farm and the second wind farm,
the central control unit controls the provision of the first wind farm output and the second wind farm output by means of the respective wind farm control unit of at least the first wind farm and the second wind farm,
the central control unit records status variables for the electrical supply network, values for the total power output fed in, and/or external default values, and
the central control unit controls the feed into the electrical supply network at least as a function of a grid sensitivity of the electrical supply network with reference to a feed point or as a function of a short-circuit ratio, wherein the grid sensitivity and the short circuit ratio indicate the stability of the electrical supply network.

8. The wind farm arrangement according
to claim 7 , wherein
in each case, the intermediate network is connected to the respective wind farm by means of a transformer to step up an electrical voltage in the wind farm to a higher electrical voltage in the intermediate network and/or
the intermediate network is connected to the electrical supply network by means of a transformer to step up an electrical voltage in the intermediate network to a higher electrical voltage in the electrical supply network.

9. Wind farm arrangement for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network comprising:
at least a first wind farm and a second wind farm in each case comprising a plurality of wind energy installations,
an intermediate network that is connected to the wind farms, which intermediate network transmits electrical wind farm output provided by the connected wind farms, and
a central control unit for feeding in a total power output that is at least partially generated from the wind farm outputs and for controlling the individual wind farm outputs provided by the connected wind farms, wherein the wind farm arrangement uses a method according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Wobben Properties Gmbh

Inventors

• Busker Kai

Classifications

• F03D9/257

  the wind motor being part of a wind farm · CPC title

• H02J3/50

  Controlling the sharing of reactive power · CPC title

• F03D7/048 Primary

  controlling wind farms · CPC title

• H02J3/381 Primary

  Dispersed generators · CPC title

• H02J3/48

  Controlling the sharing of active power · CPC title