Method for controlling a wind power installation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11788508-B2
Application number	US-202117144818-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2021
Priority date	Jan 14, 2020
Publication date	Oct 17, 2023
Grant date	Oct 17, 2023

Abstract

A method for controlling a wind power installation includes measuring a grid voltage of an electrical power supply grid, setting a DC-link voltage at a converter of the wind power installation depending on the measured grid voltage and using a first time constant and a second time constant, wherein the first time constant is different than the second time constant.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a wind power installation, comprising:
measuring a grid voltage of an electrical power supply grid over a period of time, and
setting a DC-link voltage at a converter of the wind power installation depending on the measured grid voltage and according to a first time constant over the period of time and a second time constant over the period of time,
wherein the first time constant is different than the second time constant,
operating the converter of the wind power installation at the DC-link voltage setting; and
establishing a positive grid voltage change or a negative grid voltage change depending on the measured grid voltage,
wherein the first time constant is assigned to the positive grid voltage change, and
wherein the second time constant is assigned to the negative grid voltage change.

2. A method for controlling a wind power installation, comprising:
measuring a grid voltage of an electrical power supply grid over a period of time, and
setting a DC-link voltage at a converter of the wind power installation depending on the measured grid voltage and according to a first time constant over the period of time and a second time constant over the period of time,
wherein the first time constant is different than the second time constant,
operating the converter of the wind power installation at the DC-link voltage setting, and
measuring an impedance of a line reactor,
wherein setting the DC-link voltage depends on the measured impedance.

3. The method for controlling a wind power installation as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
measuring at least a phase angle or an amplitude of a current to be injected into the electrical power supply grid,
wherein setting the DC-link voltage depends on the measured phase angle or the measured amplitude of the current to be injected into the electrical power supply grid.

4. The method for controlling a wind power installation as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first time constant is in a range of between 0 and 1 second.

5. The method for controlling a wind power installation as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first time constant is less than 0.2 seconds.

6. The method for controlling a wind power installation as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second time constant is in a range of between 0 and 5 seconds.

7. The method for controlling a wind power installation as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the second time constant is in a range of between 0.5 and 4 seconds.

8. A wind power installation connected to an electrical power supply grid, wherein the electrical power supply grid has a higher line impedance than a line impedance of a line reactor of the wind power installation, wherein the electrical power supply grid has a short-circuit power ratio of less than 6, the wind power installation being configured to perform the method for controlling the wind power installation as claimed in claim 1 .

9. A wind power installation, comprising:
a converter having a DC link with a DC-link voltage, wherein the converter is coupled to an electrical power supply grid and configured to inject electrical power into the electrical power supply grid depending on a measured grid voltage, and
a controller coupled to the converter and configured to:
receive the measured grid voltage of the electrical power supply grid over a period of time,
cause the converter to set the DC-link voltage depending on the measured grid voltage and according to a first time constant over the period of time and a second time constant over the period of time, wherein the first time constant is different than the second time constant, and
establish whether there is a positive grid voltage change or negative grid voltage change within the electrical power supply grid.

10. The wind power installation as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising a sensor configured to measure a phase angle of a current to be injected in the electrical power supply grid or amplitude of the current to be injected in the electrical power supply grid, or both.

Assignees

• Wobben Properties Gmbh

Inventors

• Mackensen Ingo
• Gertjegerdes Stefan
• Strafiel Christian

Classifications

• H02J2101/28

  Wind energy · CPC title

• H02J3/0014

  for preventing or reducing power oscillations in networks · CPC title

• F03D7/0284 Primary

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

• F03D9/255

  connected to electrical distribution networks; Arrangements therefor · CPC title

• G01R19/0038

  Circuits for comparing several input signals and for indicating the result of this comparison, e.g. equal, different, greater, smaller (comparing pulses or pulse trains according to amplitude) · CPC title