Granted Patent B2

US 12,212,271 · App. 17/792,811 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Inventors: Einar Vaughn Larsen (Ballston Lake, NY); Dustin Howard (Atlanta, GA)

Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC

H02P9/007F03D9/255H02J3/381H02J2300/28H02P2101/15

Abstract

Claims (42)

1. A method for providing grid-forming control of a double-fed generator of a wind turbine, the method comprising:

receiving, via a stator voltage regulator of a converter controller, one or more stator voltage commands, the one or more voltage commands comprising a stator voltage magnitude and a stator voltage angle;

determining, via the stator voltage regulator, one or more rotor current commands as a function of a magnetizing current command and a stator current feedback signal of the double-fed generator to create a voltage source, wherein the stator voltage regulator creates the voltage source of the grid forming control of the double-fed generator; and

controlling a rotor voltage of the double-fed generator using the one or more rotor current commands to achieve the one or more stator voltage commands having the stator voltage magnitude and the stator voltage angle, thereby providing the grid-forming control of the double-fed generator, wherein the double-fed generator is operated to provide at least one of inertia, voltage magnitude, or voltage phase angle support to an external electrical network.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the one or more stator voltage commands via at least one of a voltage regulator, a VAR regulator, or an inertial power regulator using one or more reference commands.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising receiving the one or more reference commands from an external controller, the external controller comprising at least one of a turbine controller of the wind turbine or a farm-level controller of a wind farm comprising the wind turbine and at least one additional wind turbine.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more reference commands comprise at least one of a voltage reference from the farm-level controller or a power reference from the turbine controller.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

converting, via the stator voltage regulator, the one or more stator voltage commands to a stator voltage command;

determining, via the stator voltage regulator, a magnetizing current feed forward signal as a function of the stator voltage command and a magnetizing admittance, the magnetizing current feed forward signal facilitating a rapid response of stator voltage to the stator voltage command; and

adding the magnetizing current feed forward signal to a magnetizing current correction signal to determine the magnetizing current command.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

receiving a stator voltage feedback signal;

determining a difference between the stator voltage feedback signal and the stator voltage command; and,

determining the magnetizing current correction signal via a proportional-integral regulator.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising adaptively trimming the magnetizing admittance by computing an effective admittance as a function of the stator voltage feedback signal and the magnetizing current command.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein computing the effective admittance as a function of the stator voltage feedback signal and the magnetizing current command further comprises:

determining an absolute value of the magnetizing current command;

inverting a sign of the magnetizing current command to obtain a magnetizing current value;

determining an absolute value of the stator voltage feedback signal;

dividing the magnetizing current value by the absolute value of the stator voltage feedback signal to obtain a divided value; and,

filtering the divided value to remove noise and determine the effective admittance.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein a response of the effective admittance is slower than a response of the magnetizing current correction signal.

10. The method of claim 5 , wherein determining the one or more rotor current commands as a function of the magnetizing current command and the stator current feedback signal of the double-fed generator further comprises:

adding the magnetizing current command to the stator current feedback signal.

11. A converter controller for providing grid-forming control of a double-fed generator of a wind turbine, the converter controller comprising:

a stator voltage regulator comprising at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to perform a plurality of operations, the plurality of operations comprising:

receiving one or more stator voltage commands, the one or more voltage commands comprising a stator voltage magnitude and a stator voltage angle;

determining one or more rotor current commands as a function of at least one of a magnetizing current command and a stator current feedback signal of the double-fed generator to create a voltage source, wherein the stator voltage regulator creates the voltage source of the grid forming control of the double-fed generator; and

controlling a rotor voltage of the double-fed generator using the one or more rotor current commands to achieve the one or more stator voltage commands, thereby providing the grid-forming control of the double-fed generator, wherein the double-fed generator is operated to provide at least one of inertia, voltage magnitude, or voltage phase angle support to an external electrical network.

12. The converter controller of claim 11 , further comprising:

a voltage/VAR regulator for receiving a voltage reference or a VAR reference from a farm-level controller and determining the stator voltage magnitude command based on at least one of the voltage reference or the VAR reference.

13. The converter controller of claim 11 , further comprising: an inertial power regulator for receiving a power reference from a turbine controller of the wind turbine and determining the stator voltage magnitude command based on the power reference.

14. The converter controller of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of operations further comprise:

converting the one or more stator voltage commands to a stator voltage command;

determining a magnetizing current feed forward signal as a function of the stator voltage command and a magnetizing admittance, the magnetizing current feed forward signal facilitating a rapid response of stator voltage to the stator voltage command;

adding the magnetizing current feed forward signal to a magnetizing current correction signal to determine the magnetizing current command;

receiving a stator voltage feedback signal;

determining a difference between the stator voltage feedback signal and the stator voltage command; and

determining the magnetizing current correction signal via a proportional-integral regulator.

15. The converter controller of claim 14 , wherein determining the one or more rotor current commands as a function of at least one of the magnetizing current command and the stator current feedback signal of the double-fed generator further comprises:

adding the magnetizing current command to the stator current feedback signal.

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