Dynamic wind turbine model - from wind to grid

Wind power technology, the most competitive renewable energy technology, is quickly developing. The size of individual wind turbine continues to grow and the penetration of wind power into power grid is increasing rapidly. Consequently, the impact of wind turbines on electric power security and quality becomes more and more important and presents great challenges and demands on wind turbine performance. In order to provide reliable and high quality power, the wind turbine should be appropriately designed and controlled to present the desired characteristics. Clearly, good modeling and simulation techniques are cost-effective methods to investigate the wind turbine performance and to optimize the design and control of wind turbines. The proposed research project aims at developing modeling, analysis and simulation methods and techniques for all key components of wind power conversion systems, including the wind field, rotor blades, gear box, generator, power electronic converter, control system, transformers and power grid, to establish a simulation platform comprising all main wind turbine components. The proposed work will be conducted based on the real data from wind turbine manufacturers and wind farms. The industrial collaborators will provide the necessary measurement data for experimental verification for the project. Such a simulation platform will enable the study of the dynamics and the interaction of wind, wind turbines and power grid, so as to support key component design and important performance investigations, such as, turbine fatigue, mechanical stress and loading, maximum power or specified power operation, low voltage ride through, power quality and wind farm optimal operation