Harmonic Analysis of

a DFIG for a Wind

Energy Conversion
Lingling Fan, Ph.D., P.E.
2010 IEEE Transmission & Distribution
Conference and Exhibition
System
Assistant Professor
Dept. Electrical Engineering
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL 33620
Linglingfan@usf.edu
April 20, 2010

New Orleans, LA

Outline
Objective
Principle
Case studies
Rotor injection
Unbalanced stator conditions

Conclusion

Objective
Develop a steady-state circuit to give
quantitative analysis for harmonics in DFIG
The work is useful for understanding of
DFIG behavior during non-sinusoidal rotor
injection
DFIG under unbalanced grid conditions (fault
ride through)

Doubly Fed Induction Generator

Ps

fm

RSC
AC/DC

GSC
DC/AC

Pr = sPs

A generalized circuit for harmonic

analysis in DFIG

Case study 1 non-sinusoidal rotor

injection

Frequency components in rotor voltage

and stator current

Stator currents
(6n+1)fr+fm, -(6n-1)fr+fm,

Electromagnetic torque
Interaction of stator and rotor currents

Stator

Is1 (60 Hz)

Is2(-24*5 +36 Hz)

Is3 (24*7
+36 Hz)

Rotor

Ir1(24 Hz)

Ir2 (-24*5 Hz)

Ir3 (24*7 Hz)

Ex: Is1, Ir2 torque (60- (-120 +36)) = 144 Hz = 6*24 Hz 6fr
Is1, Ir3 torque (60- (168 +36)) = -144 Hz = -6*24 Hz 6fr

Torque

Case study 2 unbalanced stator

conditions
Rotor injection programmable power
source sinusoidal 3-phase
Stator phase a resistance is reduced

Analysis
Unbalanced stator currents

Positive sequence
(fe)

Negative sequence
(-fe)

Zero sequence

Rotor currents
Ir: fe-fm=sfe

Ir: -fe-fm=-(2-s)fe

s: slip = 1-fm/fe
60 Hz (stator)
-60 Hz (stator)
fm: electric frequency
corresponding to 50 Hz (rotating
50 Hz (rotating
speed) = 10 Hz
speed) = -110 Hz
rotating speed.
fe: nominal frequency

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Torque

Positive

Negative

Stator

Is1 (+60 Hz)

Is2 (-60 Hz)

Rotor

Ir1 (10 Hz)

Ir2 (-110 Hz)

1. Te1 Te2 dc components

2. Te3, Te4 pulsating components 120 Hz

Reference frames

Pos. Neg.
Sequences can
be separated
by a dc filter!
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Extraction scheme

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Lab setup

Case 3 Grid interconnected DFIG

Simulation results

Confirm simulation results with the

analysis

Conclusion
This paper develops
A generalized steady-state DFIG circuit for
harmonic analysis
A systematic method to compute torque by
computing the interactions of stator and rotor
currents
The sequence network based on DFIG pos,
neg circuits which facilitates the analysis under
unbalanced stator conditions.