Method and arrangement for operating a wind turbine converter
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H02P-009/02
H02M-005/458
H02J-003/38
출원번호
US-0741470
(2013-01-15)
등록번호
US-9000734
(2015-04-07)
우선권정보
EP-12152682 (2012-01-26)
발명자
/ 주소
Andresen, Björn
Yin, Bo
출원인 / 주소
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
인용정보
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2인용 특허 :
3
초록▼
A method of operating a converter of a wind turbine for providing electric energy to a utility grid includes determining a grid voltage. If the grid voltage is between a nominal voltage and a first voltage threshold, i.e. higher than the nominal voltage, a normal procedure for lowering the grid volt
A method of operating a converter of a wind turbine for providing electric energy to a utility grid includes determining a grid voltage. If the grid voltage is between a nominal voltage and a first voltage threshold, i.e. higher than the nominal voltage, a normal procedure for lowering the grid voltage is performed. If the grid voltage is above the first voltage threshold, another procedure for keeping the wind turbine connected is performed, wherein the other procedure is different from the normal procedure. Further a corresponding arrangement is described.
대표청구항▼
1. Method of operating a converter of a wind turbine for providing electric energy to a utility grid, the method comprising: determining a grid voltage;performing a first procedure including lowering the grid voltage if the grid voltage is between a nominal voltage and a first voltage threshold, the
1. Method of operating a converter of a wind turbine for providing electric energy to a utility grid, the method comprising: determining a grid voltage;performing a first procedure including lowering the grid voltage if the grid voltage is between a nominal voltage and a first voltage threshold, the first voltage threshold being greater than the nominal voltage;performing a second procedure if the grid voltage is above the first voltage threshold, wherein the second procedure includes keeping a DC voltage of a converter in a specific range,wherein the first and second procedure are different, wherein the second procedure comprises, after enabling a chopper, disabling a pulse width modulation, wherein disabling the pulse width modulation comprises:switching a second controllable switch of a grid side converter portion to a non-conducting state,dissipating electric energy by current flow through a diode,wherein the second controllable switch and the diode are connected in parallel between two DC-nodes of a DC-link of the converter,wherein the second controllable switch is provided with pulse width modulation signals for controlling a conductance state of the second controllable switch to change with a higher frequency than the grid frequency, if the grid voltage deviates from the nominal voltage by less than a predefined percentage. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein enabling the chopper comprises switching a first controllable switch to a conducting state for dissipating electric energy, wherein the first controllable switch is connected between the two DC nodes. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein between the two DC nodes a resistor and the first controllable switch are connected in series. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the grid voltage deviates from the nominal voltage by less than 15%. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second procedure further comprises: performing a third procedure if the grid voltage is above the first voltage threshold and below a second voltage threshold; andperforming a fourth procedure if the grid voltage is above the second voltage threshold. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first procedure comprises injecting reactive power from the wind turbine to the utility grid. 7. Method of operating a converter of a wind turbine for providing electric energy to a utility grid, the method comprising: determining a grid voltage;performing a first procedure including lowering the grid voltage if the grid voltage is between a nominal voltage and a first voltage threshold, the first voltage threshold being greater than the nominal voltage;performing a second procedure if the grid voltage is above the first voltage threshold, wherein the second procedure includes keeping a DC voltage of a converter in a specific range, wherein the first and second procedure are different;performing a third procedure if the grid voltage is above the first voltage threshold and below a second voltage threshold; andperforming a fourth procedure if the grid voltage is above the second voltage threshold, wherein the third procedure comprises, if the grid voltage is above the first voltage threshold and below the second voltage threshold, for at least a first time interval, pitching out rotor blades, wherein pitching out rotor blades comprises adjusting a pitch angle of at least one rotor blade of the wind turbine to capture less energy from wind resource. 8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the third procedure comprises, after pitching out rotor blades, if the grid voltage is above the first voltage threshold for at least another first time interval, tripping the wind turbine, wherein tripping the wind turbine comprises disconnecting the wind turbine, in particular the converter, from the utility grid. 9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the third procedure comprises, if the grid voltage deviates less than a predefined percentage from the nominal voltage, enabling pulse width modulation, wherein enabling pulse width modulation comprises: providing a second controllable switch with pulse width modulation signals for controlling the conductance state of the second controllable switch such as to achieve the nominal voltage at an output terminal of the converter. 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the third procedure comprises, after enabling pulse width modulation, disabling a chopper, wherein a first controllable switch is connected between two DC nodes of a DC-link of the converter, wherein disabling the chopper comprises switching the first controllable switch to a non-conducting state for disconnecting the two DC-nodes from each other. 11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the fourth procedure comprises, if the grid voltage is above the second voltage threshold for at least a second time interval, pitching out rotor blades. 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the fourth procedure comprises, if the grid voltage is above the second voltage threshold for at least another second time interval, tripping the turbine, wherein the other second time interval is greater than the second time interval by delta. 13. The method according to claim 7, wherein the fourth procedure comprises, if the grid voltage is above the first voltage threshold and below the second voltage threshold, performing the third procedure. 14. The method according to claim 7, wherein the third procedure and/or the fourth procedure comprises, if the grid voltage is above the nominal voltage and below the first voltage threshold, performing the first procedure.
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