TY - GEN
T1 - Active Power Controls from Wind Power: Bridging the Gaps
AU - Melaina, Marc
AU - Gevorgian, Vahan
AU - Fleming, Paul
AU - Zhang, Yingchen
AU - Singh, Mohit
AU - Muljadi, Eduard
AU - Aho, Jake
AU - Buckspan, Andrew
AU - Pao, Lucy
AU - Pourbeik, Pouyan
AU - Tuohy, Aidan
AU - Brooks, Daniel
AU - Singhvi, Vikas
AU - Bhatt, Navin
AU - Scholbrock, Andrew
AU - Clark, Kara
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper details a comprehensive study undertaken by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Electric Power Research Institute, and the University of Colorado to understand how the contribution of wind power providing active power control (APC) can benefit the total power system economics, increase revenue streams, improve the reliability and security of the power system, and provide superiorand efficient response while reducing any structural and loading impacts that may reduce the life of the wind turbine or its components. The study includes power system simulations, control simulations, and actual field tests using turbines at NREL's National Wind Technology Center (NWTC). The study focuses on synthetic inertial control, primary frequency control, and automatic generationcontrol, and analyzes timeframes ranging from milliseconds to minutes to the lifetime of wind turbines, locational scope ranging from components of turbines to large wind plants to entire synchronous interconnections, and additional topics ranging from economics to power system engineering to control design.
AB - This paper details a comprehensive study undertaken by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Electric Power Research Institute, and the University of Colorado to understand how the contribution of wind power providing active power control (APC) can benefit the total power system economics, increase revenue streams, improve the reliability and security of the power system, and provide superiorand efficient response while reducing any structural and loading impacts that may reduce the life of the wind turbine or its components. The study includes power system simulations, control simulations, and actual field tests using turbines at NREL's National Wind Technology Center (NWTC). The study focuses on synthetic inertial control, primary frequency control, and automatic generationcontrol, and analyzes timeframes ranging from milliseconds to minutes to the lifetime of wind turbines, locational scope ranging from components of turbines to large wind plants to entire synchronous interconnections, and additional topics ranging from economics to power system engineering to control design.
KW - active power controls
KW - automatic generation control (AGC)
KW - National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
KW - National Wind Technology Center
KW - NREL
KW - NWTC
KW - primary frequency control
KW - synthetic inertial control
U2 - 10.2172/1117060
DO - 10.2172/1117060
M3 - Technical Report
ER -