Open-Circuit Fault Detection in the Power Electronic Converter of a Wind Generation System under Sudden Grid Disturbances

Resumen: In this work, an open-circuit fault detection algorithm is presented for the power electronic converter of a wind generation system under voltage sags and swells. The system is based on a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) and supplies power to the grid through a three-phase back-to-back neutral-point clamped (NPC) converter. The power electronic converter is controlled using a field-oriented control (FOC) scheme. The fault detection method is based on the discrete wavelet transform of the DFIG current signals.

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S. J. de la Rosa-Mendoza, R. Alvarez-Salas, M. Gonzalez-Garcia, V. Cardenas, F. J. Villalobos-Piña & J. Rodriguez-Rodriguez. Open-Circuit Fault Detection in the Power Electronic Converter of a Wind Generation System under Sudden Grid Disturbances. Memorias del Congreso Nacional de Control Automático, pp. 322-327, 2021.

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Fault detection, NPC converter, open-circuit, DFIG, FOC, wavelet, sag, swell

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