Method for controlling a wind park

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10161385-B2
Application number	US-201414786109-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2014
Priority date	Apr 22, 2013
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for supplying the electric power of a wind park comprising several wind turbines into an electric power supply grid, wherein each of the wind turbines provides an electric turbine output and the sum of all provided turbine outputs is supplied to the electric power supply grid as wind park output, and a turbine target value is specified for each of the wind turbines as a specification of the turbine output that is to be provided, and the turbine target value is controlled via a controller based on a control deviation, as a comparison of the supplied wind park output and a target value of the wind park output that is to be supplied.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for supplying electric power of a wind park that includes a plurality of wind turbines to an electric power supply grid, method comprising:
generating an electric turbine output at each of the plurality of wind turbines;
summing the generated electric turbine outputs to obtain a wind park output and providing the wind park output to the electric power supply grid;
specifying a turbine target value for each of the wind turbines based on the wind park output;
selecting, using an external selection signal, a controller type, wherein the controller type is selected or changed depending on a grid sensitivity of the electric power supply grid; and
controlling the turbine target value using a controller having the selected controller type based on a control deviation that is a comparison of the wind park output and a target value of the wind park output, wherein the controller specifies the same value as the turbine target value for each wind turbine of the plurality of wind turbines.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the controller specifies the turbine target value as a percentage target value in relation to the respective nominal power of the wind turbine.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the controller type and a parameterization is selected or changed based on one or more of the following:
a grid frequency,
a change in grid frequency, and
a short circuit ratio.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the controller has one of the following controller types:
P-controller,
PI-controller,
PT1-controller, and
hysteresis controller.

5. The method according to claim 1 further comprising recording a grid frequency of the voltage of the supply grid, and wherein the turbine target value depends on at least one of the grid frequency and a change in the grid frequency.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the turbine target value is specified for each wind turbine of the wind park by a central control unit of the wind park.

7. A wind park for supplying electric power into a supply grid, with the wind park applying a method according to claim 1 to supply electric power.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein each turbine sets its output based on the turbine target value and at least one of the grid frequency and a change in the grid frequency.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the recorded grid frequency to all wind turbines of the wind park by a central control unit.

10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
changing, using the external selection signal, the controller type.

11. The method according to claim 1 wherein the controller type is selected from a plurality of controller types.

12. The method according to claim 1 , comprising:
receiving the external selection signal from a grid operator; and
selecting, based on the external selection signal, the controller type.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the external selection signal is external to the plurality of wind turbines.

Assignees

• Wobben Properties Gmbh

Inventors

• Busker Kai
• Beekmann Alfred

Classifications

• F03D7/043

  characterised by the type of control logic · CPC title

• F03D9/257

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

• F05B2270/335

  Output power or torque · CPC title

• F03D7/048 Primary

  controlling wind farms · CPC title

• F03D7/0284 Primary

  in relation to the state of the electric grid · CPC title