Wind energy is recognized worldwide as a proven technology to meet the growing demands of green sustainable energy. To exploit this stochastic energy source and put together with the conventional energy sources without affecting the performance of existing electrical grids, several research projects have been achieved. In addition, at ocean level, wind energy has a great potential. It means that the production of this energy will increase in the world.
The optimal extraction of this energy source needs to be connected to the grid via a voltage source converter which plays the role of interface. To minimise losses due to the transport of energy at very long distances, the technology called High Voltage Direct Current based on Voltage Source Converter (VSC-HVDC) is used.
To achieve this goal, a new topology is designed with a new control algorithm based on control of power generated by the wind farm, the DC voltage regulation and the synchronization between wind farm and VSC-HVDC (based on NPC). The proposed topology and its control technique are validated using the “MATLAB/Simulink program”. The results are promising, because the THD is less than 5% and the power factor is close to one.
| Date | 20 Nov 2012 |
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| Original language | French |
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| Awarding Institution | - École de technologie supérieure
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| Supervisor | Ambrish Chandra (Supervisor) |
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Benhalima, S. (Author),
Chandra (Supervisor),
20 Nov 2012Student thesis: Master's thesis › Master in Engineering: Electrical Engineering