JP2015002597A - Wind turbine generator system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wind turbine generator system capable of increasing output capacitance while suppressing voltage increase in each part of the system.SOLUTION: A wind turbine generator system 1 comprises: a plurality of serially connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k each formed by electrically connecting in series a plurality of wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n for power generation for performing wind power generation; a single synchronous generator 40 connected to output terminals of the plurality of serially connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k while including phases corresponding to the number of sets of the plurality of serially connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k; and phase matching circuits 30-1 to 30-k for matching voltage phases of combination output from the plurality of serially connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k and the synchronous generator 40. Power of which the voltage phases have been matched by the phase matching circuits 30-1 to 30-k is combined and outputted.

Description

  The present invention relates to a wind power generation system.

  Since the density of wind energy is low, the output capacity of a single wind power generator is relatively small compared to existing power generation systems such as thermal power generation. Accordingly, a practical-scale wind power plant is generally constituted by a wind farm (wind power generation system) in which a plurality of wind power generators are electrically interconnected. As a method for interconnecting wind power generators, for example, Patent Document 1 proposes a series connection system in which outputs of individual wind power generators are rectified and these rectified outputs are electrically connected in series. . This series connection method has many advantages such as high reliability and low cost as well as high quality electric output because the system configuration is simpler than the conventional parallel connection method. .

JP 2010-71156 A

  If the number of wind power generators constituting the wind power generation system increases, the output capacity of the system can be increased by that amount, and leveling of output fluctuations can be expected. The serial connection type wind power generation system described in Patent Document 1 is not particularly limited in the number of wind generators connected in series, but the ground voltage of each part of the system increases with the increase in the number of wind generators. Is required. For this reason, in a series-connected wind power generation system, an interconnect method that suppresses the voltage rise in each part of the system due to the increase in the number of wind power generators and can increase the output capacity without special consideration for insulation. Development is desired.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the above, Comprising: It aims at providing the wind power generation system which can increase an output capacity | capacitance, suppressing the voltage rise of each part of a system.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a wind power generation system according to the present invention includes a plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups configured by electrically connecting a plurality of power generation wind turbines for wind power generation in series, A single synchronous machine having a number of phases corresponding to the number of sets of the series-connected wind turbine groups and connected to individual output ends of the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups; and the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups and the synchronous machine And phase matching means for matching the voltage phase of the combined output with the power, and combining and outputting the electric power whose voltage phase is matched by the phase matching means.

  The wind power generation system preferably includes a waveform improving unit between the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups and the synchronous machine, and the phase matching unit is connected to an output terminal of the waveform improving unit.

  The synchronous machine has a plurality of three-phase windings connected to individual output ends of the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups, and the plurality of three-phase windings are installed on the same iron core out of phase. It is preferable.

  The synchronous machine is preferably a synchronous generator.

  Further, in the wind power generation system described above, each of the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups includes a wind turbine that generates rotational energy according to wind power, and wind power generation that generates AC power according to the rotational energy generated by the wind turbine. A plurality of wind turbines for generating power, a converter for converting AC power generated by the wind power generator into DC power, and an anemometer for measuring wind speed of the wind power rotating the wind turbine, and the plurality of power generation A converter unit having an inverter for inputting a series sum of DC power output from each converter of the wind turbine for conversion and converting the series sum into AC power; and the wind speed measured by the anemometers of the plurality of wind turbines for power generation Monitor each and output voltage of each converter and input voltage of inverter in real time according to the wind speed In order to control, a converter output control signal for changing a converter parameter for adjusting the output voltage of the converter is output to the converter, and an inverter control signal for changing an inverter parameter for adjusting the input voltage of the inverter is supplied to the inverter. And a controller for controlling the input voltage of the inverter using the output current of the maximum wind speed wind turbine in which the maximum wind speed is measured among the plurality of wind turbines for power generation, and the maximum wind speed It is preferable to control the output voltage of the converter of each of the wind turbines for power generation so that each output current output from the wind turbine for power generation other than the wind turbine is the same as the output current of the maximum wind speed wind turbine.

  The wind power generation system according to the present invention suppresses the number of wind turbines for power generation to a predetermined number in each series-connected wind turbine group, and increases the number of series-connected wind turbine groups to reduce the ground voltage of each series-connected wind turbine group. Since it becomes possible to increase the output capacity of the entire system without increasing, there is an effect that the output capacity can be increased while suppressing an increase in voltage of each part of the system.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a wind power generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the series-connected wind turbine group in FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for explaining the operation of each wind turbine for power generation in FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a simulation based on the wind power generation system shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the waveform of the output power current (inverter output current) of the series-connected wind turbine group in the simulation of FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a waveform of the induced electromotive force generated in the synchronous generator in the simulation result of FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a waveform of the armature current output from the synchronous generator in the simulation result of FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a waveform of the waveform improving reactor output current in the simulation result of FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a load current waveform in the simulation result of FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a load voltage waveform in the simulation result of FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a wind power generation system according to the present invention will be described. In the following drawings, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will not be repeated.

  First, a configuration of a wind power generation system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a wind power generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a series-connected wind turbine group in FIG.

  The wind power generation system 1 of the present embodiment temporarily converts the output of the wind power generator into direct current power with a converter, and again converts it into alternating current power with a constant voltage and frequency by an inverter, so that the output of a three-phase load or power system or the like is obtained. This is a DC link type wind power generation system to be supplied to the former (hereinafter also simply referred to as “load”). As shown in FIG. 1, the wind power generation system 1 is configured by electrically connecting a plurality of k sets of wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k in parallel, and each wind power generation unit 100-1 to 100-k. The AC power output from can be combined and output to the load. Hereinafter, the voltage of the electric power output from the wind power generation system 1 to the load is also expressed as “load voltage”, and the current is also expressed as “load current”.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k include series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k, waveform improvement reactors 20-1 to 20-k (waveform improvement means), a phase matching circuit. 30-1 to 30-k (phase matching means). Here, the subscripts 1 to k attached to the reference numerals of the wind power generation unit and its constituent elements are numbers assigned to the k wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k, respectively, and k is 2 or more. Is an integer. That is, the series-connected wind turbine group, the waveform improving reactor, and the phase matching circuit are included one by one in the wind power generation unit having the same subscript. For example, the k-th wind power generation unit 100-k includes a series-connected wind turbine group 10-k, a waveform improvement reactor 20-k, and a phase matching circuit 30-k. The wind power generation system 1 includes a single synchronous generator 40 (synchronous machine) and connects the synchronous generator 40 to each of the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k.

  The series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k include a plurality of wind turbines for power generation for performing wind power generation, and are configured by electrically connecting these wind turbines in series. The series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k synthesize and output AC power generated by these electrically connected wind turbines for power generation. That is, the wind power generation system 1 includes a plurality of wind turbine groups electrically connected in series, and combines and outputs output power from the plurality of wind turbine groups.

  As shown in FIG. 2, each of the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k includes a plurality of power generation wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n connected in series (hereinafter, simply referred to as “wind turbine”). Then, a series sum of DC power output from each of these wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n is input, and the conversion unit 16 that converts the series sum into AC power, and the series connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-10. And a controller 17 for controlling the operation of -k.

Each of the plurality of windmills 11-1 to 11-n includes a wind turbine 12-1 to 12-n that generates rotational energy according to the wind power W _{d1 to} W _dn and the wind turbines 12-1 to 12-n. Wind power generators 13-1 to 13-n that generate AC power according to the generated rotational energy, and converter 14-1 that converts AC power generated by the wind power generators 13-1 to 13-n into DC power To 14-n and anemometers 18-1 to 18-n for measuring wind speeds V _{wind1 to} V _windn of wind power W _{d1 to} W _dn rotating the wind turbines 12-1 to 12-n.

  Here, the subscripts 1 to n attached to the symbols of the plurality of wind turbines and their components are numbers assigned to the n wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n, and n is an integer of 2 or more. It is. In other words, one wind turbine, one wind power generator, one converter, and an anemometer are included in each windmill having the same subscript. For example, the n-th windmill 11-n includes a wind turbine 12-n, a wind power generator 13-n, a converter 14-n, and an anemometer 18-n. The number n of the plurality of wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n included in each of the series connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k may be different for each wind turbine group.

The wind turbines 12-1 to 12-n convert the kinetic energy of the wind into rotational energy and drive the wind power generators 13-1 to 13-n, respectively. Specifically, the wind power generators 13-1 to 13-n are mechanically connected to the rotation shafts of the wind turbines 12-1 to 12-n, and the wind power generators 13-1 to 13-n are wind power W _d1 to and it outputs the power to the converter 14-1 to 14-n in accordance with the W _dn.

  As the wind power generators 13-1 to 13-n, a synchronous generator such as a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) or a wound field synchronous generator can be employed. For example, PMSG is suitable for this embodiment because it does not require a power supply circuit for field excitation, has a simple structure, and is easy to maintain.

As the converters 14-1 to 14-n, for example, thyristor converters can be employed. However, even if it is a converter other than a thyristor converter, if it is a current type converter using a self-extinguishing element capable of controlling the output voltages V _{d1 to} V _dn by an external signal, the converters 14-1 to 14-14. -N can be adopted. Parameters that can be adjusted from the outside of the converters 14-1 to 14-n to control the output voltages V _{d1 to} V _dn are hereinafter referred to as “converter parameters”.

When thyristor converters are employed as the converters 14-1 to 14-n, the output voltages V _{d1 to} V _dn are controlled by adjusting the control angles of the converters 14-1 to 14-n. That is, the control angle is a converter parameter of converters 14-1 to 14-n. When an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) or a field effect transistor (FET) is used for the converters 14-1 to 14-n, the outputs of the converters 14-1 to 14-n are controlled by adjusting the gate voltage. Is done.

As shown in FIG. 2, the output ends of the wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n are connected in series. The series sum of the DC power output from the wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n is sent to the conversion unit 16 via the DC power transmission line 15. Here, (hereinafter, referred to as "DC link current") direct current delivered from the wind turbine 11-1 to 11-n in the conversion unit 16 to the _{I d.} The output voltage sum (hereinafter referred to as “DC link voltage”) V _d of the wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n is V _d = V _d1 + V _d2 +... + V _dn .

  The conversion unit 16 converts the series sum of DC power output from the converters 14-1 to 14-n of the plurality of wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n into AC power and outputs the AC power. The conversion unit 16 shown in FIG. 2 has a DC reactor 16a and an inverter 16b. The direct current reactor 16a smoothes the direct current sent from the wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the DC reactor 16 a is configured by the inductor Ld, but other configurations may be used.

The inverter 16b converts the direct current smoothed by the direct current reactor 16a into an alternating current. For example, a separately-excited thyristor inverter can be used as the inverter 16b. However, an inverter other than the thyristor inverters, capable of controlling the input voltage E _d by a signal from the outside, if the current type inverter using the self extinguishing type switching elements, can be employed in the inverter 16b. For controlling the input voltage E _d, the adjustable parameters from outside of the inverter 16b, referred to as "inverter parameters" in the following. When a thyristor inverter is employed as the inverter 16b, the input voltage _Ed is controlled by adjusting the control advance angle. That is, the control advance angle is an inverter parameter of the inverter 16b.

The AC power output by the conversion unit 16 is input to the waveform improvement reactors 20-1 to 20-k. In addition, the alternating current of the alternating current power which the conversion unit 16 outputs, ie, the alternating current power which the serial connection windmill group 10-1 to 10-k outputs, is also described as “inverter output current i _{inv # 1 to k} ” below. To do. In the present embodiment, since the inverter 16b has a current shape, the inverter output current has a substantially square waveform (see FIG. 5).

The controller 17, the wind speed _{V wind1 ~V windn} the anemometer 18-1 to 18-n of the plurality of wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n is measured by monitoring each, depending on the wind speed _{V wind1 ~V windn,} converter 14 the -1~14-n the input voltage _{E d} of the respective output voltage _V d1 _{~V dn} and the inverter 16b control in real time. The controller 17 sends converter output control signals for changing converter parameters for adjusting the output voltages V _{d1 to} V _dn of the converters _14-1 to 14 -n according to the wind speeds V _{wind1 to} V _windn to the converters 14-1 to 14-. output to n respectively. Furthermore, the controller 17, in response to the wind speed _{V wind1 ~V windn,} outputs the inverter control signal for changing the inverter parameters to adjust the input voltage _{E d} of the inverter 16b to the inverter 16b.

In the present embodiment, a case where a thyristor converter is employed for the converters 14-1 to 14-n and a thyristor inverter is employed for the inverter 16a will be described. That is, the controller 17 determines the control angles α _{1 to} α _n of the converters _14-1 to 14 _-n in real time in accordance with the wind speeds V _{wind1 to} V _windn that are measured values of the anemometers 18-1 to 18 -n. Control. And the controller 17 controls the control advance angle (gamma) of the inverter 16b in real time according to the wind speed _{Vwind1- Vwindn} . Details of the method of setting the control angles α _{1 to} α _n and the control advance angle γ will be described later.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the waveform improvement reactors 20-1 to 20-k are connected to the output terminals of the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k. In the example shown in FIG. 1, each of the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k has two coils connected in series to each output terminal of the series-connected wind turbine group 10-1 to 10-k. Both coils are wound on the same iron core with the illustrated polarity.

  The waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k can cancel the initial transient inductance of the synchronous generator 40 equivalently by appropriately selecting the self-inductance of the two coils and the mutual inductance between the two coils. . As a result, distortions such as jumps and depressions in the output voltage generated at the time of commutation of the thyristors of the inverters 16b of the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k can be essentially eliminated. Quality power can be output.

  In addition, the series connection point of the two coils of the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k is directly connected to the synchronous generator 40. By this connection, the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k output power obtained by synthesizing the AC power output from the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k and the power output from the synchronous generator 40. .

  As described above, the synchronous generator 40 is connected to the series connection point between the two coils in each of the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k. In this embodiment, the synchronous generator 40 has the number of phases according to the number of sets of the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k (series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k), specifically. The number of phases is 3 × k. That is, the armature winding of the synchronous generator 40 is composed of k sets of three-phase windings. The k sets of three-phase windings are individually assigned to any one of the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k. Each of the k sets of three-phase windings is connected to the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10- via the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k in the assigned wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k. connected to the output of k (ie, inverter 16b).

  The synchronous generator 40 is driven by a prime mover (not shown) and outputs AC power. The synchronous generator 40 supplies the insufficient effective power that cannot be covered by the output from the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k among the effective power required by the load at the output destination of the wind power generation system 1. . The synchronous generator 40 also supplies reactive power required by the commutation of the thyristors of the inverters 16b of the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k and the output destination load of the wind power generation system 1. Take on.

  Since the synchronous generator 40 of this embodiment is a single device, all k sets of three-phase windings, that is, 3 × k-phase armature windings, are installed in the same iron core. In the synchronous generator 40 of the present embodiment, the 3 × k phase armature windings are arranged on the same iron core at intervals of 360 / (3 × k) degrees. Here, in general, the armature windings of each phase of the set of three-phase windings are arranged at intervals of 360/3 = 120 degrees. That is, the armature winding of the synchronous generator 40 is equivalent to a state in which a plurality of k sets of three-phase windings are arranged with phases shifted by 360 / (3 × k) degrees. For example, when k = 4, there are four wind power generation units and the synchronous generator 40 has 12 phases, so the armature windings of each phase are arranged at an interval of 360 / (3 × 4) = 30 degrees. Thus, four sets of three-phase windings are arranged with phases shifted by 30 degrees in order.

  The phase matching circuits 30-1 to 30-k are arranged between the output ends of the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k and the output ends of the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k. The phase matching circuits 30-1 to 30-k output the outputs from the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k, that is, the outputs of the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k and the outputs from the synchronous generator 40. About the synthesized electric power, the phase of the output voltage of the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k is aligned by eliminating the voltage phase difference between the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k.

  The AC voltage output from each series-connected wind turbine group 10-1 to 10-k is adjusted to a sine wave shape by the action of the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k. As described above, in the synchronous generator 40 of the present embodiment, the k sets of three-phase windings allocated to the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k are 360 / (3 × k) on the same iron core. Since the phases are shifted by degrees, the voltage generated from each set of three-phase windings and sent to each of the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k is always between the three-phase windings of the synchronous generator. A phase difference of 360 / (3 × k) degrees corresponding to a phase shift of. For this reason, the same phase difference is always generated in the outputs of the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k between the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k.

  The phase matching circuits 30-1 to 30-k operate to eliminate these phase differences based on, for example, the phase difference between the three-phase windings of the synchronous generator 40. The phase matching circuits 30-1 to 30-k apply, for example, a three-phase transformer, and appropriately set a combination of a connection method, a turn ratio, and a phase order, thereby connecting the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k. A function to eliminate the phase difference can be realized. In addition, the phase matching circuits 30-1 to 30-k can realize the above function by applying an inverter and changing the phase without changing the frequency.

  Next, operation | movement of the wind power generation system 1 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated.

  First, in the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k of the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k shown in FIG. 1, wind power generation is performed by each of the plurality of wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n shown in FIG. And AC power is generated. The series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k synthesize AC power generated by the plurality of wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n, and convert the three-phase AC power into the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k. Output.

Here, the detail of operation | movement of the series connection windmill group 10-1 to 10-k mentioned above is demonstrated. First, the output voltages V _{d1 to} V _dn of the wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n in the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for explaining the operation of each windmill in FIG. Below, although the windmill 11-1 is demonstrated on behalf of the windmills 11-1 to 11-n, the other windmills 11-2 to 11-n are the same as the windmill 11-1.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, the wind turbine 12-1 of the wind turbine 11-1 has blades 12 a-1 having a radius R _rotor and a pitch angle β. Moreover, PMSG is employ | adopted as the wind power generator 13-1.

If wind _{W d1} flowing into the wind turbine 12-1 wind speed _{V WIND1,} the output _{P t1} of the windmill 11-1 is expressed by the following equation (1).
P _t1 = (Cp × ρ × A _W × V _wind1 ³ ) / 2 = V _d1 × I _d (1)
Here, Cp is the output coefficient indicating a rate at which the wind turbine 12-1 converts wind into mechanical output, A _W is the swept area of the wind turbine 12-1, [rho is the air density.

The output coefficient Cp is expressed as a function of the peripheral speed ratio λ and the pitch angle β of the blade 12a-1, and it is known that there is a peripheral speed ratio λ that provides the maximum efficiency. The peripheral speed ratio λ is a ratio between the peripheral speed of the blade tip and the wind speed. When the rotational angular speed ω ₁ of the wind turbine 12-1 is assumed, the peripheral speed ratio λ is expressed by the following equation (2).
λ = ω ₁ × R _rotor / V _wind1 (2)

  In order to operate the wind turbine 12-1 efficiently, it is desirable to operate the wind turbine 12-1 with an operating point of a constant peripheral speed ratio λ that provides a power coefficient Cp as large as possible. Therefore, for the purpose of effectively extracting and converting wind energy, for example, the wind turbine 12- is maintained so as to maintain the peripheral speed ratio λ that maximizes the output coefficient Cp (corresponding to efficiency) regardless of the wind speed fluctuation. A shift control operation method for operating the number of revolutions of 1 is adopted. Since the windmill groups 10-1 to 10-k illustrated in FIG. 2 include the DC power transmission line 15, the frequency of the wind turbine 12-1 can be controlled independently without depending on the output of the converter 14-1. There are advantages.

When the wind turbine 12-1 is operated under the condition that the peripheral speed ratio λ and the output coefficient Cp are constant, the magnitude of the output voltage of the wind power generator 13-1 is substantially proportional to the wind speed _Vwind1 . Because it uses PMSG as wind generators 13-1, the output voltage _{V d1} of the converter 14-1 is approximately proportional to the rotational angular velocity of the wind power generator 13-1. When the proportionality coefficient (generator constant) between the output voltage V _d1 and the rotational angular velocity of the wind power generator 13-1 is Kd, the output voltage V _d1 is expressed by the following equation (3).
V _d1 = Kd × ω ₁ × cos α ₁
= (Kd × λ / R _rotor ) × V _wind1 × _{cosα 1} (3)
Here, alpha ₁ is a control angle of the converter 14-1.

Although the output voltage V _d1 of the wind turbine 11-1 has been described above, the output voltages V _{d2 to} V _dn of the other wind turbines 11-2 to 11-n are also expressed by Expression (3) in the same manner as the output voltage V _d1. Is done.

Next, the operation of the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k will be described with reference to FIG. Wind speeds V _{wind1 to} V _windn of wind power W _{d1 to} W _dn flowing into the wind turbines 12-1 to 12-n are measured by anemometers 18-1 to 18-n. Information on the measured wind speeds V _{wind1 to} V _windn is sent from the anemometers 18-1 to 18-n to the controller 17.

The controller 17 selects the maximum wind _{V WMAX} of the wind speed _{V wind1 ~V windn.} That is, V _WMAX = max (V _wind1 , V _wind2 ,..., V _windn ). Hereinafter, the windmill 11-m in which the maximum wind speed V _WMAX is measured is referred to as “maximum wind speed windmill” (1 ≦ m ≦ n). The control angle α _m of the converter 14-m of the maximum wind speed wind turbine 11-m is set to 0 (deg), for example, so that the output voltage V _dm of the converter 14-m is maximized. Using Expression (1) to Expression (3), the output P _tm , the output voltage V _dm , and the DC link current I _d that is the output current of the maximum wind speed windmill 11-m are expressed by the following Expressions (4) to (4), respectively. It is represented by (6).
P _tm = (Cp × ρ × A _W × V _WMAX ³ ) / 2 (4)
V _dm = (Kd × λ) / R _rotor × V _WMAX (5)
I _d = P _tm / V _dm
= (Cp × ρ × A _W × R _rotor × V _WMAX ² ) / (2 × Kd × λ)
... (6)

The total output P _tTotal that is the sum of the outputs of the wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n and the DC link voltage V _d are expressed by the following equations (7) to (8), respectively.
P _tTotal = {Cp × ρ × A _W × Σ (V _windi ³ )} / 2 (7)
V _d = P _tTotal / I _d (8)
In Equation (7), Σ means the sum of i = 1 to n.

When the inverter 16b is a thyristor inverter, the relationship between the input voltage E _d that is the DC side input voltage of the inverter 16b, the output (line-to-line) voltage Va that is the AC side output voltage, and the control lead angle γ is expressed by the following equation (9 ).
E _d = 3 × 2 ^1/2 / π × Va × cos γ (9)

At this time, the DC link current _Id is expressed by the following formula (10).
I _d = (V _d −E _d ) / Rd
= {V _d − (3 × 2 ^1/2 / π × Va × cos γ)} / Rd (10)

Here, it is assumed that the voltage of alternating current power (hereinafter referred to as “set output voltage”) preset for the line voltage (effective value) of the alternating current output from the conversion unit 16 is V _l−l . The controller 17 adjusts the control advance angle γ using the following equation (11) so that the AC side output of the conversion unit 16 is stabilized at the set output voltage V ₁₋₁ .
γ = cos ⁻¹ {π (V _d −I _d × Rd) / (3 × 2 ^1/2 × V _l−l )}
(11)
The controller 17 transmits the control advance angle γ calculated using Expression (11) to the inverter 16b.

As described above, the controller 17 uses the the DC link current _{I d} and the set output voltage _{V l-l} is the output current of the maximum wind windmill 11-m, and controls the input voltage _{E d} of the inverter 16b. As a result, the effective value of the AC voltage output from the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k is stabilized at the set output voltage _Vll .

Further, the controller 17 adjusts the control angles α _{1 to} α _n of the converters 14-1 to 14-n of the wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n other than the maximum wind speed wind turbine 11-m. In the following description, the windmills 11-1 to 11-n other than the maximum wind speed windmill 11-m are indicated by the windmill 11-j. The output P _tj and the output voltage V _dj of the windmill 11-j are expressed by the following expressions (12) to (13), respectively.
P _tj = (Cp × ρ × A _W × V _windj ³ ) / 2 (12)
V _dj = (Kd × λ) / R _rotor × V _windj × cos α _j (13)

The output current of the wind turbine 11-1 to 11-n is common in DC link current _{I d,} is controlled to a value of the expression (6). For this reason, the following formula | equation (14) is materialized.
P _tj / P _tm = V _dj / V _dm = V _windj ³ / V _windm ³
= V _windj × cos α _j / V _WMAX (14)

From the equation (14), the controller 17 adjusts the control angle α _j using the following equation (15).
α _j = cos ⁻¹ (V _windj ² / V _WMAX ² ) (15)
The controller 17 transmits the control angles α _{1 to} α _n calculated using the equation (15) to the converters 14-1 to 14 -n.

As described above, the controller 17, so that each output current output from the wind turbine 11-1 to 11-n other than the maximum wind speed the wind turbine 11-m becomes equal to the DC link current _{I d,} the converter 14-1 to 14 controlling the -n respective output voltages _V d1 _{~V dn.} Thus, series connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k calculates the load sharing rate of the wind turbine 11-1 to 11-n using the DC link current _{I d} which is determined from the output of maximum wind windmill 11-m By setting the control angles α _{1 to} α _n , the output voltages V _{d1 to} V _dn of the wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n are controlled.

The DC link voltage _Vd is expressed by Expression (16), and the value of Expression (16) is equal to the value of Expression (8).
_{V d = Kd × λ / R} rotor × Σ (V windi × cosα i)}
... (16)

As described above, according to the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k illustrated in FIG. 2, the wind speeds V _{wind1 to} V _windn measured in each of the plurality of wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n are calculated. converter 14-1 to 14-n control angle of alpha ₁ to? _n, and adjusts the control lead angle γ of the inverter 16b with. By adjusting the control angles α _{1 to} α _n of the converters 14-1 to 14 -n, the output currents output from the wind turbines 11-1 to 11 -n can be unified with the DC link current I _d . By adjusting the control lead angle γ of the inverter 16b, the effective value of the AC voltage of the three-phase AC power output from all the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k becomes the set output voltage V _1−l. Can be unified. In addition, although the alternating current (inverter output current) of the three-phase alternating current power output from the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k is a square wave, the amplitude and phase of these alternating currents are as described above. Are individually determined according to the magnitude of the control advance angle γ adjusted for each of the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k.

  The above is description of operation | movement of the series connection windmill group 10-1 to 10-k. In addition, hereinafter, the simulation results according to the wind power generation system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 10 together with the description of the operation of the wind power generation system 1 shown in FIG.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a simulation based on the wind power generation system 1 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, in this simulation, the wind power generation system 1 is configured to include four sets of wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-4 (k = 4). In the wind power generation system 1, the number of phases was 3φ (three phases), the rated voltage was 200 / √3 (V), and the rated frequency was 50 (Hz).

The series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-4 each have an output of 2.273, 2.668, 3.068, 3.434 (kW), and a control advance angle γ of 25, 30, 35, 40 (° ) And output the square-wave inverter output currents i _{inv # 1} , i _{inv # 2} , i _{inv # 3} , and i _{inv # 4} having amplitude and phase corresponding to these parameters. Hereinafter, these inverter output currents i _{inv # 1} , i _{inv # 2} , i _{inv # 3} , and i _{inv # 4} are collectively referred to as “inverter output current i _inv ”.

The synchronous generator 40 has 3 × 4 = 12 phases, and four sets of three-phase windings respectively allocated to the four sets of wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-4 are 360 / (3 × 4). = 30 (°). Induction electromotive forces SG _{emf # 1} , SG _{emf # 2} , SG _{emf # 3} , and SG _{emf # 4} of four sets of three-phase windings have a frequency of 50 (Hz) and a phase voltage of 200 / √3 (V). did. Hereinafter, these induced electromotive forces SG _{emf # 1} , SG _{emf # 2} , SG _{emf # 3} , and SG _{emf # 4} are collectively referred to as “synchronous generator electromotive force SG _emf ”.

  The phase matching circuits 30-1 to 30-4 eliminate the phase difference of 30 degrees between the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-4, and change the phase of the output power of the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-4. As a configuration for matching, a three-phase transformer shown in FIG. 4 was applied. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the phase matching circuit 30-1 of the wind power generation unit 100-1 has a delta / delta connection as the connection method, a turns ratio of 1: 1, and a phase sequence on the primary side as A−. BC and the phase order on the secondary side were a-b-c. The phase matching circuit 30-2 of the wind power generation unit 100-2 has a connection method of delta star connection, a turns ratio of 1.73: 1, a primary phase sequence of ABC, and a secondary phase sequence of Was defined as abc. The phase matching circuit 30-3 of the wind power generation unit 100-3 has a delta / delta connection as the connection method, a turns ratio of 1: 1, a phase order on the primary side as C-A-B, and a phase order on the secondary side as a. The polarity was reversed after -b-c. The phase matching circuit 30-4 of the wind power generation unit 100-4 has a delta star connection, a winding ratio of 1.73: 1, a primary phase sequence of A-C-B, and a secondary phase sequence of 30-4. Was b-ac. In the phase matching circuits 30-1 to 30-4, a resistance of 0.1 (Ω) and a coil of 10 (μH) are provided on the output side of the three-phase transformer.

In addition, in the simulation of FIG. 4, the armature currents flowing from the synchronous generator 40 to the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-4 are i _{SG # 1} , i _{SG # 2} , i _{SG # 3} , i _{SG # 4} , respectively. In the following, these are collectively referred to as “SG armature current i _SG ”. In FIG. 4, the alternating currents output from the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-4 are denoted as i _{out # 1} , i _{out # 2} , i _{out # 3} , i _{out # 4,} and these are hereinafter described. Collectively, it is also expressed as “waveform improving reactor output current i _out ”. Moreover, in FIG. 4, the load voltage and load current which the wind power generation system 1 outputs to a load are _described as _vOutTotal and _iOutTotal , respectively.

  Returning to the description of the operation of the wind power generation system 1 shown in FIG. The electric power output from the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k is input to the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k. Waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k remove harmonic components of the output voltage from series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a waveform of the output power current (inverter output current i _inv ) of the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-4 in the simulation of FIG. 4. The vertical axis in FIG. 5 represents the inverter output current i _inv (A), and the horizontal axis represents time (ms). FIG. 5 illustrates a solid line graph A and a broken line graph B. Graph A shows the time transition of the inverter output current i _inv in the a phase of the three phases of the wind power generation unit 100-1, and graph B shows the inverter output current in the a phase of the three phases of the wind power generation unit 100-2. i shows the time transition of _inv . As shown in graphs A and B in FIG. 5, the inverter output current i _inv output from each of the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-4 is substantially a square wave because the inverter 16b is a current type. . Moreover, in the simulation of FIG. 4, since each control advance angle | corner (gamma) of each series connection windmill group 10-1 to 10-4 was set to a different value, the inverter output current of series connection windmill group 10-1 to 10-4 The waveform of i _inv is different in amplitude and phase.

  In addition, also in subsequent FIGS. 6-8, the time transition of the information regarding a phase among the three phases of the wind power generation unit 100-1 is made into the graph A similarly to FIG. 5, and the three phases of the wind power generation unit 100-2 FIG. 4 illustrates a part of the simulation result of FIG.

  Returning to FIG. 1, in the synchronous generator 40, an excitation current (field current) is supplied to the field winding, and an induced electromotive force is generated in the armature winding of each phase by the magnetic flux generated by this excitation current. In the present embodiment, as described above, the armature windings of each phase of the synchronous generator 40 are installed on the same iron core at a predetermined interval, so that the induced electromotive force generated in each armature winding is It is shifted by the phase difference based on the interval between the child windings. That is, in the k sets of three-phase windings respectively assigned to the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k, induced electromotive force is generated that is 360 / (3 × k) degrees out of phase with the other sets. . The amplitude of the induced electromotive force can be controlled by controlling the excitation current.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a waveform of the induced electromotive force (synchronous generator electromotive force SG _emf ) generated in the synchronous generator 40 in the simulation result of FIG. The vertical axis in FIG. 6 represents the synchronous generator electromotive force SG _emf (V), and the horizontal axis represents time (ms). In FIG. 6, similarly to FIG. 5, the time transition of the induced electromotive force SG _emf generated in the armature winding connected to the a phase among the three phases of the wind power generation unit 100-1 is illustrated as a graph A. The time transition of the induced electromotive force SG _emf generated in the armature winding connected to the a phase among the three phases of the wind power generation unit 100-2 is illustrated as a graph B. As shown in graphs A and B in FIG. 6, the induced electromotive force SG _emf of each phase is generated so that the phase voltage is 200 / √3 (V) and the frequency is 50 (Hz). In addition, as described above, the four sets of three-phase windings allocated to the four sets of wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-4 are arranged with a phase difference of 30 (°), respectively. As shown, a phase difference of 30 (°) is generated in the induced electromotive force SG _emf of the wind power generation unit 100-1 and the wind power generation unit 100-2.

  Returning to FIG. 1, if the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k are designed to cancel the initial transient inductance of the synchronous generator 40, it is possible to completely eliminate the voltage jump / sink due to the commutation of the inverter 16 b. Therefore, the voltage / current waveforms on the output side of the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k are sinusoidal. Therefore, the armature current of the synchronous generator 40 is automatically generated so as to be a difference between the sine wave of the output current of the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k and the square wave of the inverter output current.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a waveform of the armature current (SG armature current i _SG ) output from the synchronous generator 40 in the simulation result of FIG. The vertical axis in FIG. 7 indicates the SG armature current i _SG (A), and the horizontal axis indicates time (ms). Also in FIG. 7, similarly to FIGS. 5 and 6, graph A shows the time transition of the armature current i _SG generated in the armature winding connected to the a phase among the three phases of the wind power generation unit 100-1. The time transition of the armature current i _SG generated in the armature winding connected to the a phase among the three phases of the wind power generation unit 100-2 is shown as a graph B. As shown in graphs A and B of FIG. 7, the armature current i _SG includes a sine wave of the output current i _out of the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k and a square wave of the inverter output current i _inv. Therefore, it is generated so as to cancel the harmonic current of the inverter output current i _inv . When the graph A in FIG. 7 is compared with the graph A in FIG. 5, for example, at time t, the square-wave inverter output current i _inv decreases stepwise to 0, and the armature current i _SG becomes the inverter output. The current i _inv increases stepwise so as to cancel out the fluctuation. At other timings when the inverter output current i _inv changes stepwise, the armature current behaves similarly to the time t.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k are configured by using the phase matching circuit 30 that combines AC power obtained by synthesizing outputs of the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k and outputs from the synchronous generator 40. Output to -1 to 30-k.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a waveform of an output current (waveform improving reactor output current i _out ) from the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k in the simulation result of FIG. The vertical axis in FIG. 8 indicates the waveform improving reactor output current i _out (A), and the horizontal axis indicates time (ms). Also in FIG. 8, similarly to FIGS. 5 to 7, the graph A shows the time transition of the waveform improving reactor output current i _{out in} the a phase among the three phases of the wind power generation unit 100-1, and the graph B shows the wind power generation The time transition of the waveform improvement reactor output current i _{out in} the a phase among the three phases of the unit 100-2 is shown. As shown in graphs A and B of FIG. 8, the waveform improving reactor output current i _out is output as a sinusoidal waveform by combining the inverter output current i _inv and the SG armature current i _SG. . Further, as shown in FIG. 8, between the waveform improving reactor output current _{i out} of the waveform improving reactor output current _{i out} and wind power generation unit 100-2 of the wind power generation unit 100-1, the three-phase by synchronous generator 40 A phase difference of 30 (°) occurs due to the influence of the phase difference between the windings.

  Returning to FIG. 1, since the induced electromotive force of the synchronous generator 40 has a phase difference between the three-phase windings, the output voltages of the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k also have a similar phase difference. The phase matching circuits 30-1 to 30-k operate so as to eliminate these phase differences, and the phases of the voltages output from the waveform improvement reactors 20-1 to 20-k are aligned.

  The electric power of each of the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k whose voltage phases are aligned by the phase matching circuits 30-1 to 30-k is synthesized and supplied to an output destination such as a three-phase load or an electric power system. . The power supplied from the wind power generation system 1 to the output destination is the power output from the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k of the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k and the power output from the synchronous generator 40. The effective power is synthesized. In the simulation of FIG. 4, the electric power 2.273, 2.668, 3.068, 3.434 (kW) output from the series connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-4 and the synchronous generator 40 output. The combined power and the power supplied from the wind power generation system 1 to the load at the output destination was 18.90 (kW).

  The load current is a combination of output currents of the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k. The load voltage is the same as the output voltage of the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k, and is common to the entire system. This output voltage can be controlled by adjusting the field voltage of the synchronous generator 40. For example, the field voltage of the synchronous generator 40 is adjusted by, for example, changing the conduction ratio in the DC chopper circuit so as to keep the output voltage of the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k constant. The output voltage can be adjusted by the phase matching circuits 30-1 to 30-k.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a load current waveform in the simulation result of FIG. 4, and FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a load voltage waveform in the simulation result of FIG. In FIG. 9, the vertical axis represents the load current _iOutTotal (A), and the horizontal axis represents time (ms). The vertical axis in FIG. 10 represents the load voltage _vOutTotal (V), and the horizontal axis represents time (ms). 9 and 10 show the a-phase load current i _OutTotal and the load voltage v _OutTotal of the three phases at the output end of the wind power generation system 1. As shown in FIG. 9, the load current _{i OutTotal,} after the phase difference of the waveform improving reactor output current _{i out} were eliminated by the phase matching circuit 30-1 to 30-4 of the three-phase transformer, four sets of wind since output from the power generation unit 100-1 to 100-4 alternating current is synthesized, the amplitude of the load current _{i OutTotal} is about as compared with the waveform improving reactor output current _{i out} that shown in FIG. 8 4 Doubled. Further, in the simulation of FIG. 4, the case where the control lead angle γ of each of the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-4 is different as described above is examined, and there is a phase difference in the inverter output current i _inv output from each. However, as shown in FIG. 9, the phases between the wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-4 are finally aligned, and are successfully synthesized and output. As shown in FIG. 10, the load voltage _vOutTotal has substantially the same amplitude as the induced electromotive force SG _emf of the synchronous generator 40 shown in FIG. 6, and it can be seen that the AC voltage is common in the wind power generation system 1. .

  Next, effects of the wind power generation system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.

  Conventionally, in a wind power generation system in which a plurality of wind power generators (power generation windmills) are interconnected, a parallel connection method in which outputs of wind power generators are connected in parallel and output to a power system is generally used. On the other hand, the wind power generation system 1 of the present embodiment has a series connection configuration in which a plurality of wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n for performing wind power generation are connected in series. Such a serial connection method has the following advantages (i) to (vii) over the conventional parallel connection method.

(I) The configuration is very simple, for example, only one inverter is required for a plurality of wind turbines.
(Ii) Employing a thyristor as a switching element of the power converter and not using a smoothing large-capacitance capacitor, and the above (i) makes it highly reliable and easy to maintain.
(Iii) Due to the above (ii), the capacity of the system can be easily increased.
(Iv) If a synchronous generator driven by a prime mover is applied to the synchronous machine provided in parallel, a so-called hybrid wind power generation system can be realized, and leveling of output fluctuations of the windmill can be easily achieved.
(V) Since no output voltage distortion can be eliminated in principle without using a filter for removing harmonics necessary for a voltage source inverter, high-quality power can always be obtained.
(Vi) Since a current source thyristor inverter is used, it is advantageous in terms of cost compared to a voltage source inverter that requires an IGBT, a smoothing capacitor, or the like.
(Vii) As a means for transmitting the direct current output of the wind power generator group to the inverter, a direct current power transmission method advantageous for long-distance power transmission can be used, so that the degree of freedom in selecting a wind turbine installation location is increased.

  Here, in a wind power generation system in which a plurality of wind turbines for wind power generation are interconnected, in order to increase the output capacity of the entire system, the number of wind turbines in the system may be increased. However, in a series-connected wind power generation system, when the number of wind turbine groups connected in series with each other is increased, the voltage level difference between both ends of the wind turbine group increases, and each part of the system (for example, in the configuration shown in FIG. The ground voltage of the upper wind turbine 11-1 and the like increases. For this reason, special consideration for insulation is required.

  In consideration of such a problem, the wind power generation system 1 of the present embodiment includes a plurality of power generation wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n that are configured to be electrically connected in series. The series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k and the number of phases according to the number of sets of the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k, and the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-1 Phase matching for aligning the voltage phases of the combined output of the single synchronous generator 40 connected to the individual output terminals of 10-k and the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k and the synchronous generator 40 Circuits 30-1 to 30-k, and combines and outputs electric power whose voltage phases are aligned by the phase matching circuits 30-1 to 30-k.

  With this configuration, the output capacity of the entire system can be increased by increasing the number of sets of the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k. In addition, since the individual series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k are not connected to each other in series, the individual series-connected wind turbine groups even if the number of series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k is increased. The ground voltage will not increase unless the number of wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n of 10-1 to 10-k is increased. Therefore, the wind power generation system 1 of this embodiment suppresses the number of the windmills 11-1 to 11-n to a predetermined number in each series-connected windmill group 10-1 to 10-k, and also connects the series-connected windmill group 10-1. If the number of groups of 10 to 10-k is increased, the output capacity of the entire system can be increased without increasing the ground voltage of the individual series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k. Thus, the wind power generation system 1 of this embodiment can increase output capacity, suppressing the voltage rise of each part of the system. Thus, the output capacity can be easily increased without special consideration for insulation.

  Moreover, since the output of several series connection windmill group 10-1 to 10-k can be adjusted with the single synchronous generator 40 by the said structure, a system is realizable with a simple structure. Furthermore, when the number of sets of the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k is increased by the above configuration, the number of phases of the single synchronous generator 40 is increased and the phase matching circuit 30-1 associated therewith is increased. Since the output capacity can be easily increased only by adjusting ~ 30-k, the expandability of the system can be improved.

  Moreover, the wind power generation system 1 of this embodiment is equipped with the waveform improvement reactors 20-1 to 20-k between the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k and the synchronous generator 40, and a phase matching circuit. 30-1 to 30-k are connected to the output terminals of the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k.

  With this configuration, the waveform improvement reactors 20-1 to 20-k can eliminate jumps and depressions in the output voltage that occur when the thyristors of the inverters 16b of the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k are commutated. Can always output high quality power.

  In the wind power generation system 1 of the present embodiment, the synchronous generator 40 includes a plurality of k sets of three-phase windings connected to the respective output ends of the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k. The plurality of k sets of three-phase windings are installed in the same iron core with a phase shift.

With this configuration, the induced electromotive force SG _emf supplied from the synchronous generator 40 to the individual output ends of the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k depends on the installation interval between the k sets of three-phase windings. As a result, a similar phase difference is also generated in the combined output voltage of the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k and the synchronous generator 40. This voltage phase difference is eliminated by using the phase matching circuits 30-1 to 30-k. That is, in the wind power generation system 1 of the present embodiment, only by mechanical settings such as the arrangement interval of the k sets of three-phase windings of the synchronous generator 40 and the configuration of the phase matching circuits 30-1 to 30-k, The outputs of the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k can be adjusted. Therefore, the wind power generation system 1 of the present embodiment is connected in series with a simple configuration without newly adding a control device or the like for adjusting the outputs of the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k. Cooperation between the wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k can be achieved, and the output of the entire system can be stabilized.

  Moreover, since the wind power generation system 1 of this embodiment is a structure provided with the synchronous generator 40, it can supply active power from the synchronous generator 40 to an output destination. Thereby, the wind power generation system 1 combines the output from the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k of the respective wind power generation units 100-1 to 100-k and the output from the synchronous generator 40. Functions as a so-called hybrid wind power generation system.

The outputs of the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k vary depending on the wind power W _{d1 to} W _{dn as} energy sources. For example, the wind speeds V _{wind1 to} V _windn of the wind power W _{d1 to} W _dn are unstable because there are many factors for fluctuations in wind power such as the topography and seasonal wind at each installation location. In the wind power generation system 1 of the present embodiment, when the power output from the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k is insufficient for the predetermined power required by the load, the synchronous generator 40 has insufficient power. To the load. Thereby, the influence of the output fluctuation | variation of the serial connection windmill group 10-1 to 10-k resulting from a wind fluctuation can be relieve | moderated, and the output of the whole wind power generation system 1 can be maintained constant. Therefore, the wind power generation system 1 of the present embodiment that is a hybrid type can supply necessary predetermined power to the output destination load without depending on fluctuations in the wind power W _{d1 to} W _dn .

Also, in the wind power generation system 1 of this embodiment, each of the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k is, the wind turbine to generate rotational energy in accordance with the wind _W d1 _{to W-dn} 12-1 to 12 -N, wind power generators 13-1 to 13-n that generate AC power according to the rotational energy generated in the wind turbines 12-1 to 12-n, generated in the wind power generators 13-1 to 13-n anemometer 18 that measures the converting AC power into DC power converter 14-1 to 14-n, and the wind speed _{V wind1 ~V windn} wind _W d1 _{to W-dn} to rotate the wind turbine 12-1 to 12-n DC power output from a plurality of wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n having -1 to 18-n and converters 14-1 to 14-n of the plurality of wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n, respectively. Enter the series sum, a conversion unit 16 having an inverter 16b for converting the series sum to AC power, the wind speed _{V WIND1} the anemometer 18-1 to 18-n of the plurality of wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n is measured the ~V _Windn monitor respectively, in order to control the converter 14-1 to 14-n the input voltage _{E d} of the respective output voltage _V d1 _{~V dn} and the inverter 16b in real time in response to the wind speed _{V wind1 ~V windn,} Converter output control signals for changing converter parameters (control angles α _{1 to} α _n ) for adjusting output voltages V _{d1 to} V _dn of converters 14-1 to 14 -n are respectively output to converters 14-1 to 14 -n. , an inverter control signal for changing the inverter parameters to adjust the input voltage E _d of the inverter 16b (control lead angle gamma) b It includes a controller 17 for outputting to the inverter 16b, and. The controller 17 uses a DC link current I _d that is an output current of the maximum wind speed wind turbine 11-m (1 ≦ m ≦ n) in which the maximum wind speed V _WMAX is measured among the plurality of wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n. The output current output from the wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n other than the maximum wind speed wind turbine 11-m is controlled to be the same as the output current I _{d of the} maximum wind speed wind turbine 11-m. Thus, the output voltages V _{d1 to} V _dn of the converters 14-1 to 14-n of the wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n are controlled.

  With this configuration, the installation cost of the wind power generation system can be suppressed by reducing the number of inverters 16b to one in each series-connected wind turbine group 10-1 to 10-k, and each of the wind turbines 11-1 to 11-n can be suppressed. By controlling the inverter 16b and the converters 14-1 to 14-n in real time according to the wind speed, the power generation efficiency of the wind power generation system having the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k can be improved.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, the said embodiment was shown as an example and is not intending limiting the range of invention. The above embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. The above-described embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof, as long as they are included in the scope and gist of the invention.

  In the said embodiment, although the structure in which the wind power generation system 1 was equipped with the synchronous generator 40 was illustrated, the wind power generation system 1 should just be equipped with a synchronous machine, and it is good also as a structure provided with a synchronous phase adjuster instead of the synchronous generator 40. Good. The synchronous phase adjuster is a synchronous machine that rotates with a mechanical load of 0, and the commutation of the thyristors of the inverters 16b of the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k and the output destination of the wind power generation system 1 It plays a role of supplying reactive power required by the load.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, in each wind power generation unit 100-1 to 100-k, the waveform improvement reactor 20-1 to 20-k consists of two coils connected in series, and it synchronizes at the serial connection point of both coils. Although the configuration to which the generator 40 is connected is illustrated, the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k may have other configurations. For example, the series-connected wind turbine groups 10-1 to 10-k and the synchronous generator 40 are respectively connected to both ends of the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k, and the two waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k are connected. A configuration may be employed in which the output side phase matching circuits 30-1 to 30-k are connected at the series connection point of the coils.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, in each wind power generation unit 100-1 to 100-k, the waveform improvement reactor 20-1 to 20-k is connected between the serial connection windmill group 10-1 to 10-k and the synchronous generator 40. However, the wind power generation unit 1 may be configured not to include the waveform improving reactors 20-1 to 20-k.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wind power generation system 10-1 to 10-k Series connection windmill group 11-1 to 11-n Windmill for power generation 12-1 to 12-n Wind turbine 13-1 to 13-n Wind power generator 14-1 to 14- n converter 15 DC transmission line 16 conversion unit 16a DC reactor 16b inverter 17 controller 18-1 to 18-n anemometer 20-1 to 20-k waveform improvement reactor (waveform improvement means)
30-1 to 30-k phase matching circuit (phase matching means)
40 Synchronous generator (synchronous machine)
100-1 to 100-k wind power generation unit

Claims (5)

A plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups configured by electrically connecting a plurality of wind turbines for generating wind power electrically in series;
A single synchronous machine having a number of phases according to the number of sets of the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups, and connected to individual output ends of the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups;
Phase matching means for aligning the voltage phase of the combined output of the plurality of serially connected wind turbine groups and the synchronous machine;
With
A wind power generation system characterized in that the electric power whose voltage phases are aligned by the phase matching means is synthesized and output. A waveform improving means is provided between the plurality of serially connected wind turbine groups and the synchronous machine,
The phase matching means is connected to the output end of the waveform improving means;
The wind power generation system according to claim 1, wherein:   The synchronous machine has a plurality of three-phase windings connected to individual output ends of the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups, and the plurality of three-phase windings are installed on the same iron core out of phase. The wind power generation system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that   The wind power generation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the synchronous machine is a synchronous generator. Each of the plurality of series-connected wind turbine groups is
A wind turbine that generates rotational energy in accordance with wind power, a wind power generator that generates AC power in response to rotational energy generated in the wind turbine, a converter that converts AC power generated in the wind power generator into DC power, and A plurality of wind turbines for power generation each having an anemometer for measuring wind speed of wind power rotating the wind turbine;
A conversion unit having an inverter that inputs a series sum of DC power output from each of the converters of the plurality of wind turbines for generation, and converts the series sum into AC power;
In order to monitor the wind speed measured by the anemometer of the plurality of wind turbines for power generation, and to control the output voltage of the converter and the input voltage of the inverter in real time according to the wind speed, the output voltage of the converter A controller that outputs a converter output control signal for changing a converter parameter for adjusting the inverter, and an inverter control signal for changing an inverter parameter for adjusting an input voltage of the inverter to the inverter.
With
The controller controls the input voltage of the inverter using the output current of the maximum wind speed wind turbine in which the maximum wind speed is measured among the plurality of wind turbines for power generation, and the wind turbine for power generation other than the maximum wind speed wind turbine 5. The output voltage of the converter of each of the wind turbines for power generation is controlled so that each output current to be output is the same as the output current of the maximum wind speed wind turbine. 6. The described wind power generation system.

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