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The Effect of Wind Farm to AC Grid Connection Type on Overvoltages Due to Lightning


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15866/irecon.v4i3.10031

Abstract


Lightning strikes that directly hit the wind farm could cause excess damage. The blade and hub usuallly represent around one fourth of the cost of a large modern machine and may be the most expensive components to replace. The blade is not only the link between wind energy and the mechanical energy going to the gearbox, but could be a lightning link to all the equipment associated with the wind turbine.The effect of different transmission systems on overvoltages across devices in wind farm due to lightning has been studied in this paper. The most common transmission systems, i.e. AC, LCC-HVDC, and VSC-HVDC systems have been taken into consideration. Overvoltages have been simulated and compared using EMTP (ATPdraw).
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Lightning; Transmission system; VSC-HVDC; LCC-HVDC; STATCOM; Overvoltage

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