Analysis and Design of an Offshore Wind Farm Using a MV DC Grid

作者：Robinson Jonathan^*; Jovcic Dragan; Joos Geza

来源：IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2010, 25(4): 2164-2173.

DOI：10.1109/TPWRD.2010.2053390

• DC-DC power conversion
• HVDC transmission
• permanent-magnet generator
• wind energy

This paper outlines the design of an offshore wind farm using a dc offshore grid based on resonant dc-dc converters. Multiphase resonant dc-dc converters are studied to step up the dc voltage from individual wind generators to a Medium Voltage (MV) dc bus, and from the MV bus to an HVDC line that will connect the wind farm to shore. Compared to an equivalent ac grid-based wind farm, a dc grid-based wind farm has slightly higher losses, but the weight of the magnetic components and cables is substantially lower. The analysis of operating permanent-magnet synchronous generators at variable and constant dc voltages shows that a fixed dc voltage has marginally higher efficiency than a variable dc voltage. However, using a variable dc voltage gives lower harmonics at the generator facing the voltage-source converter and the dc-dc step-up converter. An aggregated model of multiple parallel connected wind generators is developed and shown to accurately approximate a detailed PSCAD model during varying wind conditions and transients.

• 出版日期2010-10