Wind farm and method for operating a wind farm
View Patent ↗A method for operating a wind farm and to a wind farm is disclosed. When a wind farm and the wind energy installations involve target values for the reactive power being prescribed by a farm regulatory device, said target values for the reactive power ignored by the control units when controlling the respective wind energy installation in the event of a power supply system fault in the power supply system. Only when the power supply system fault has been rectified are said target values considered by the control units again for controlling the respective wind energy installation.
1. A method for operating a wind farm with a plurality of wind energy installations connected to a grid internal to the wind farm, each with its own control unit for considering setpoint values for the reactive power, a transfer point at which the power generated in the wind farm is passed from the grid internal to the wind farm to a supply grid, and with a farm regulatory device for regulating the setpoint values for the reactive power connected with the control units of the wind energy installations, comprising:
when a grid fault in the supply grid occurs, freezing the setpoint values for the reactive power in the farm regulatory device and not considering by the control units the setpoint values for the reactive power of the farm regulatory device in controlling the wind energy installation, and
after the grid fault in the supply grid has ended, considering by the control units the setpoint values for the reactive power of the farm regulatory device in controlling the wind energy installation on the basis of the frozen values.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein when a grid fault is detected, the setpoint values for the reactive power are frozen without delay.
3. The method claim 1 , wherein an I-branch is provided in the control system for the setpoint values for the reactive power, whose control error is set to zero or held constant after the grid fault was ended.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein after the grid fault has ended, a reset delay is maintained.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the setpoint values for the reactive power are present in the form of setpoint values for reactive power or setpoint values of voltage.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a drop in the voltage at the transfer point is recognized as a grid fault of the supply grid.
7. A wind farm comprising:
a plurality of wind energy installations connected to a grid internal to the wind farm, each with its own control unit for considering setpoint values for the reactive power,
a transfer point at which the electrical energy generated in the wind farm is passed from the grid internal to the wind farm to a supply grid, and
a farm regulatory device for regulating the setpoint values for the reactive power connected with the control units of the wind energy installations, wherein the farm regulatory device is configured such that when a grid fault occurs in the supply grid the farm regulatory device freezes the setpoint values for the reactive power, and after the grid fault in the supply grid has ended, the farm regulatory device continues the regulation on the basis of the frozen values,
wherein the control units are configured such that when a grid fault occurs, the setpoint values for the reactive power of the farm regulatory device are not considered in controlling the wind energy installation and in that after the grid fault has ended, the setpoint values for the reactive power of the farm regulatory device are considered in controlling the wind energy installation.
8. The wind farm of claim 7 , wherein the farm regulatory device is configured such that when a grid fault occurs in the supply grid the setpoint values for the reactive power are frozen without delay.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein after the grid fault has ended, a reset delay between 0 and 200 ms is maintained.