Method for feeding electrical power into an electrical power supply network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11043817-B2
Application number	US-201816494694-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 22, 2018
Priority date	Mar 22, 2017
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

A method for feeding electrical power into a three phase electrical power supply network at a network connection point, in particular by means of a wind power installation, using an inverter, comprising the following steps: detecting an electrical network voltage, in particular at the network connection point, determining a virtual generator voltage using a machine model that emulates a behavior of a synchronous machine, preparing the detected network voltage for comparison with the virtual genera-tor voltage, predefining a setpoint current as predefinition for an infeed current as a function of the virtual generator voltage and as a function of the network voltage prepared for comparison, and generating the infeed current depending on the setpoint current and feeding the generated infeed current at the network connection point into the electrical power supply network, wherein preparing the detected network voltage for comparison with the virtual generator voltage comprises transforming the detected network voltage into a space vector representation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for feeding electrical power into a three-phase electrical power supply network at a network connection point, by a wind power installation, using an inverter, the method comprising:
detecting an electrical network voltage at the network connection point,
determining a virtual generator voltage using a machine model that emulates a behavior of a synchronous machine,
determining, in the machine model, a rotational speed difference between a virtual rotational speed and a reference rotational speed,
setting, in the machine model, the reference rotational speed to a filtered value of the virtual rotational speed or a predefined frequency, wherein a difference rotational speed is determined using a difference rotational speed gain with respect to an auxiliary torque, and wherein the auxiliary torque acts on a virtual moment of inertia of the machine model at a summing point and controls the virtual rotational speed to the reference rotational speed,
preparing the detected network voltage for comparison with the virtual generator voltage,
predefining a setpoint current as predefinition for an infeed current as a function of the virtual generator voltage and as a function of the preparing network voltage, and
generating the infeed current depending on the setpoint current and feeding the infeed current at the network connection point into the electrical power supply network,
wherein preparing the detected network voltage for comparison with the virtual generator voltage comprises transforming the detected network voltage into a space vector representation.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein transforming the detected network voltage into the space vector representation comprises a d/q transformation.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the network voltage in the space vector representation is filtered and is subjected to inverse transformation, such that the setpoint current is predefined as a function of the virtual generator voltage and as a function of the inverse-transformed network voltage.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the machine model takes as a basis a virtual synchronous machine having a stator and a rotor, and wherein determining the virtual generator voltage involves using at least one variable in a list comprising:
a virtual angle of rotation of the rotor,
the virtual rotational speed of the rotor,
a virtual excitation voltage,
a virtual stator current,
the virtual moment of inertia,
a virtual torque of the rotor, or
a virtual friction of the rotor.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein:
a value of the infeed current generated is used as the virtual stator current.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the virtual moment of inertia is set as a function of a network state or a network property.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a virtual impedance is taken into account for predefining the setpoint current, wherein the virtual impedance is taken into account as an impedance between an output of the machine model or a virtual synchronous machine and the network connection point, and wherein a magnitude of the virtual impedance is variable.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the virtual impedance is selected depending on whether:
infeed is effected in a normal state of the electrical power supply network, or
infeed is effected in a recovery mode after interruption or failure of the electrical power supply network, wherein in the recovery mode, the electrical power supply network is run up to a normal operating point.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein for synchronizing the machine model with the electrical power supply network,
a setpoint power has a value zero, and
a calculation model is used for calculating at least one of:
internal virtual generator voltages, or
a virtual torque, wherein the calculation model uses at least one of:
a virtual angle of rotation of a rotor,
the virtual rotational speed,
a virtual excitation voltage, or
the infeed current or the setpoint current, wherein no frequency of the electrical power supply network is detected.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a virtual excitation voltage, wherein the virtual excitation voltage is a function of at least one of:
a predefined reactive power, or
a predefined electrical network voltage at the network connection point.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein electrical variables of the machine model are calculated in space vector representation in accordance with a d/q transformation.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the infeed current is generated by a tolerance band method.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in island network operation, if the inverter predefines a network frequency,
the virtual rotational speed is dependent on a predefined network frequency such that the auxiliary torque acting in the machine model is controlled as a function of a difference between the virtual rotational speed and the predefined network frequency, and
a virtual excitation voltage is dependent on a predefined voltage of the electrical power supply network and a detected voltage of the electrical power supply network such that an auxiliary reactive power value is controlled as a function of a difference between the predefined voltage and the detected voltage, the virtual excitation voltage being dependent on the auxiliary reactive power value.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein in the island network operation:
the auxiliary torque is controlled by way of a PI controller, and
the virtual rotational speed results from an integration of a difference torque, which is a difference between the auxiliary torque and a virtual electrical torque, by way of an integration time constant,
the auxiliary reactive power value is controlled by way of the PI controller, and
the virtual excitation voltage results from an integration of a difference reactive power, which is a difference between the auxiliary reactive power and a detected reactive power, by way of an integration time constant.

15. A wind power installation comprising a controller configured to carry out the method as claimed in claim 1 .

16. A wind farm comprising:
a plurality of wind power installations, and
a farm inverter coupled to the network connection point and configured to carry out the method as claimed in claim 1 .

17. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the difference rotational speed is set to zero for synchronizing the machine model with the electrical power supply network.

18. A wind power installation for feeding electrical power into a three-phase electrical power supply network at a network connection point, the wind power installation comprising:
an inverter for generating an infeed current,
a voltmeter for detecting an electrical network voltage at the network connection point, and
a controller for controlling feeding electric power into the electrical power supply network at the network connection point, wherein the controller is configured to:
determine a virtual generator voltage using a machine model that emulates a behavior of a synchronous machine,
prepare the detected network voltage for comparison with the virtual generator voltage, and
define a setpoint current as predefinition for the infeed current as a function of the virtual generator voltage and as a function of the network voltage,

wherein the inverter is configured to generate the infeed cu

Assignees

• Wobben Properties Gmbh

Inventors

• Cassoli Jair
• Trung Truong Duc
• Rosso Roberto
• Engelken Sönke

Classifications

• H02J2103/30

  Simulating, planning, modelling, reliability check or computer assisted design [CAD] of electric power networks · CPC title

• H02J2101/28

  Wind energy · CPC title

• H02J2101/10

  Dispersed power generation using fossil fuels, e.g. diesel generators · CPC title

• H02J3/50

  Controlling the sharing of reactive power · CPC title

• H02J3/40

  Synchronisation of generators for connection to a network or to another generator · CPC title