TY - GEN
T1 - Design and control of all-DC offshore wind power plant with MMC-based DC/DC high-power converters
AU - Follo, Alessandra
AU - Saborío-Romano, Oscar
AU - Tedeschi, Elisabetta
AU - Cutululis, Nicolaos A.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This paper presents the modelling of an all-direct-current (all-DC) offshore wind power plant (OWPP) which employs DC/DC high-power converters based on modular multilevel converter (MMC) technology. A coordinated control strategy for such OWPP, designed to maximise the power output and maintain the DC voltages close to the nominal values, is also proposed. With the proposed strategy, wind turbines (WTs) are controlled to provide maximum power output according to a local maximum power point tracking (MPPT) reference signal together with a centralised curtailment signal. The response of the designed 600 MW all-DC OWPP is tested by means of dynamic simulations in MATLAB/Simulink.
AB - This paper presents the modelling of an all-direct-current (all-DC) offshore wind power plant (OWPP) which employs DC/DC high-power converters based on modular multilevel converter (MMC) technology. A coordinated control strategy for such OWPP, designed to maximise the power output and maintain the DC voltages close to the nominal values, is also proposed. With the proposed strategy, wind turbines (WTs) are controlled to provide maximum power output according to a local maximum power point tracking (MPPT) reference signal together with a centralised curtailment signal. The response of the designed 600 MW all-DC OWPP is tested by means of dynamic simulations in MATLAB/Simulink.
U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/2626/1/012016
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/2626/1/012016
M3 - Article in proceedings
VL - 2626
T3 - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
BT - EERA DeepWind conference 2023
PB - IOP Publishing
T2 - EERA DeepWind Conference 2023
Y2 - 18 January 2023 through 20 January 2023
ER -