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Consequently, the common third-order model of induction generators predicts a slower
voltage re-establishing after the grid fault than does the transient fifth-order model.
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In this particular case, the common third-order model predicts voltage instability,
whereas according to the transient fifth-order model of induction generators the
voltage is re-established.
Knudsen and I reached the same conclusion when validating against the standardised
induction generator model of the Alternative Transient Program (ATP) simulation tool
(Knudsen and Akhmatov, 1999). Chapter 24 briefly describes the ATP tool. This was
also the first time that the validity and accuracy of the common third-order model of
induction generators were questioned as to whether the model should be used in the
analysis of short-term voltage stability.
Wind turbine generators are equipped with protective relays. This means that several
electrical and mechanical parameters are monitored, and if one of the monitored
parameters exceeds its respective relay settings the wind turbine generators will be
disconnected. One of the monitored parameters is the machine current. Figure 27.4
shows the computed behaviour of the machine current during the grid fault. As can be
seen, the machine currents computed with the transient fifth-order model in the tool
PSS/E
TM
and with the standardised model of the tool Matlab/Simulink
TM
are in
agreement. The machine current computed with the common third-order model in the
tool PSS/E
TM
does not coincide with the result of the tool Matlab/Simulink
TM
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This needs further explanation. The transient fifth-order model takes the following
into account when computing the behaviour of the machine current:
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A three-phased, short-circuit fault is a balanced transient event, meaning that the fault
occurs at the same moment in all three phases. The phase current can be characterised
by the DC offset, and the current phasor contains the fundamental frequency transi-
ents. The computed current behaviour during the faulting time shows this.
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The short-circuit fault is cleared sep arately in each phase of the faulted three-phased
line. This happens when the phase-currents pass zero in the respective phases. The
fault clearance is therefore an unbalanced event. It does not initiate the DC offset in
the pha se currents, and the fundamental frequency transients in the current phasor
are eliminated after the fault is cleared.
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The standardised model of induction generators in the tool Matlab/Simulink
TM
automatically takes this behaviour into account because Matlab/Simulink
TM
operates
with three-phased representations of electric machines and power networks.
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The transient fifth-order model of induction generators in the tool PSS/E
TM
is
adapted to this behaviour. This is necessa ry because the simulation tool PSS/E
TM
operates with positive-sequence equivalents of power network models.
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Additionally, the phase current behaviour is plotted. This phase current is modelled in
Matlab/Simulink
TM
and is included here in order to demonstrate that the current phasor
follows the behaviour of the magnitude of the phase current with developed DC offset.
This observation is important for the validating process described in Section 27.3.
According to the current behaviour shown in Figure 27.4, the common third-order
model of induction generat ors underpredicts values of the machine current during the
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