Type 5 wind turbine technologies: three main candidates compared
Type 5 wind turbines drive synchronous generators which are directly grid-connected, just like conventional power plants. The generator is the self-exciting electromagnetic type controlled by an automatic voltage regulator (AVR), capable of the same amount of system strength (being fault current at more than 3 times rated (3 pu) for fault and post-fault conditions) as thermal and hydro turbine-generators. Historically, system strength from conventional power plants has ensured system stability.
Authors
- William Mendieta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1413-4299)
- Geoff Henderson
- Damian Flynn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-9333)
- Vahan Gevorgian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4206-075X)
- Weihang Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6318-9224)
- S M Shafiul Alam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6276-9443)
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- National Laboratory of the Rockies (US)
- Idaho National Laboratory (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IET conference proceedings.
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2024.3854
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Wind Energy Research and Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.99