Towards an Economic Mechanism for Providing Inertial Support Through DFIG-based Wind Farms

Amirthagunaraj Yogarathinam; Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri; Chiara Lo Prete; Seth Blumsack

doi:10.1109/PESGM.2018.8585975

Towards an Economic Mechanism for Providing Inertial Support Through DFIG-based Wind Farms

Amirthagunaraj Yogarathinam
, Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri
, Chiara Lo Prete
, Seth Blumsack

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Abstract

As large scale power grids add generation resources that are interconnected via DC interfaces and power electronics (including wind turbines) and retire thermal generators, the total amount of inertia in the machines connected to the grid declines, and the grid becomes "weaker". Wind turbines could provide synthetic inertial support, but that comes at some cost of power provision to the system. Using the 16-machine 5-area dynamic equivalent of the New England-New York system, we model the system benefit of synthetic inertia in terms of improved steady-state frequency following the loss of a generator or increase in total load under three wind scenarios, and trace out opportunity costs for a DFIG wind farm providing synthetic inertia. We find that, for a given deviation from MPPT, the wind farm is able to provide a greater level of inertial support to the system, as wind penetration declines. Further, for larger deviations from MPPT we observe decreasing returns in terms of provision of inertial support across all three wind scenarios.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2018
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538677032
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM.2018.8585975
State	Published - Dec 21 2018
Event	2018 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2018 - Portland, United States Duration: Aug 5 2018 → Aug 10 2018

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Name	IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting
Volume	2018-August
ISSN (Print)	1944-9925
ISSN (Electronic)	1944-9933

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Other	2018 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland
Period	8/5/18 → 8/10/18

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Yogarathinam, A., Chaudhuri, N. R., Lo Prete, C., & Blumsack, S. (2018). Towards an Economic Mechanism for Providing Inertial Support Through DFIG-based Wind Farms. In 2018 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2018 Article 8585975 (IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting; Vol. 2018-August). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM.2018.8585975

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Yogarathinam, A, Chaudhuri, NR , Lo Prete, C & Blumsack, S 2018, Towards an Economic Mechanism for Providing Inertial Support Through DFIG-based Wind Farms. in 2018 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2018., 8585975, IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, vol. 2018-August, IEEE Computer Society, 2018 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2018, Portland, United States, 8/5/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM.2018.8585975

Towards an Economic Mechanism for Providing Inertial Support Through DFIG-based Wind Farms. / Yogarathinam, Amirthagunaraj; Chaudhuri, Nilanjan Ray ; Lo Prete, Chiara et al.
2018 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2018. IEEE Computer Society, 2018. 8585975 (IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting; Vol. 2018-August).

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