Wobben Properties Gmbh

Ingo Mackensen

Johannes Brombach

Kai Busker

Stefan Gertjegerdes

Christian Strafiel

Alfred Beekmann

Hanna Emanuel

Sönke Engelken

Aramis Schwanka Trevisan

Eckard Quitmann

Florian Stelmaszek

Stefan Heller

Juri Wilhelm

Martin Schellschmidt

William Meli

Menko Bakker

Sonke Engelken

Provided is a method for operating a wind turbine having a generator and a rotor with rotor blades. The method includes generating electrical power from wind using the generator, using a first part of the generated power as an auxiliary component for supplying auxiliary devices of the turbine used for operating the turbine, where the auxiliary component varies up to a limit. The method includes feeding a second part of the generated electrical power into a grid as a feed-in component, checking the grid for a grid fault that does not allow feeding power into the grid and continuing the operation of the turbine when the fault is detected. The generation of power from wind is reduced to a cut-back power that corresponds to the limit the auxiliary component for operating the auxiliary devices is used from the cut-back power and remaining residual power of the cut-back power is consumed.

Methodd for operating a wind turbine for powering auxiliary devices in the event of a grid fault

Provided is a method for controlling at least two frequency-converter-based infeeders. The method includes specifying a first droop for a first frequency-converter-based infeeder and specifying a second droop for a second frequency-converter-based infeeder, where the second droop is different from the first droop. The method includes, controlling the first frequency-converter-based infeeder in dependence on the first droop, and controlling the second frequency-converter-based infeeder in dependence on the second droop.

Dynamic fault ride through bands for wind power installations

Provided is a method for controlling a wind power installation and/or a wind farm having at least one wind power installation, particularly in the case of asymmetrical network voltages, comprising: measuring a first voltage of a first phase, a second voltage of a second phase and a third voltage of a third phase of a three-phase electrical system, calculating a symmetrical negative-sequence voltage system from the measured voltages including a first negative-sequence voltage, a second negative-sequence voltage and a third negative-sequence voltage, predefining setpoints for a negative-sequence current system depending on the calculated, symmetrical negative-sequence voltage system including a first negative-sequence current component, a second negative-sequence current component and a third negative-sequence current component, wherein the setpoints are defined such that a balancing of the measured voltages is achieved, feeding an asymmetrical three-phase AC current into a wind farm network or an electrical supply network depending on the predefined setpoints.

Method for controlling a wind power installation

The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a converter on a three-phase electrical power supply grid, comprising the following steps: operating the converter in a first operating mode by means of a control unit for generating an output current, wherein the converter in the first operating mode operates in such a way as to apply a voltage to the electrical power supply grid; detecting a grid fault on the electrical power supply grid by means of a detection means during the first operating mode; limiting the output current of the converter by means of current limitation when a grid fault on the electrical power supply grid has been detected during the first operating mode, in particular in such a way that the output current of the converter falls below a predetermined maximum current or substantially corresponds thereto.

Method for operating a converter, in particular of a wind power installation

Provided is a method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network having a network voltage using a wind turbine having an inverter, which has a DC voltage intermediate circuit having an intermediate circuit voltage and a chopper circuit connected to the intermediate circuit for discharging electrical energy from the intermediate circuit. The method includes feeding electrical power into the network in a normal operation if no network fault has been detected, detecting a fault if the network voltage falls below an undervoltage value, interrupting or reducing the feed if the fault has been detected, and ending the interruption or reduction if the end of a network fault is detected. During the fault and/or from the end of the fault, the fed-in power is limited to a limit, and, to limit the power, the intermediate circuit voltage is limited using the chopper circuit depending upon the limit.

Wind turbine for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network

The invention relates to a method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply grid. The method includes rectifying a first AC voltage of an electrical power, produced by a generator, into a first DC voltage and increasing the first DC voltage to a second DC voltage such that the second DC voltage has a step-up ratio in relation to the first DC voltage. Alternatively, the method includes rectifying the first AC voltage into the second DC voltage without producing the first DC voltage. The method includes inverting the second DC voltage into a second AC voltage for feeding electrical power into the electrical supply grid depending on an feed setpoint value and setting the second DC voltage depending on the feed setpoint value and actual value. The second DC voltage is increased depending on an increase in the feed setpoint voltage or actual value.

Wind power plant for feeding electrical power by means of full converters

A method for controlling a wind power installation includes measuring a grid voltage of an electrical power supply grid, setting a DC-link voltage at a converter of the wind power installation depending on the measured grid voltage and using a first time constant and a second time constant, wherein the first time constant is different than the second time constant.

A method for controlling an electrical consumer is provided. The electrical consumer is coupled to an electricity supply grid using a frequency converter. The electricity supply grid has a line voltage and is characterized by a nominal line voltage. The electricity supply grid is monitored for a grid fault in which the line voltage deviates from the nominal line voltage by at least a first differential voltage. When the grid fault occurs, the electrical consumer remains coupled to the electricity supply grid, and a power consumption of the electrical consumer is changed on the basis of the deviation of the line voltage from the nominal line voltage.

Method for controlling electrical consumers of an electrical supply grid

Provided is a method of feeding electric power at a grid connection point into an electric power grid having a grid voltage using a converter-controlled feeder, in particular using a wind energy system and/or of a storage unit. The method includes feeding the electric power into the electric power grid in a normal operating mode when no grid fault or grid malfunction has been detected in the electric power grid, and switching to a fault mode when a grid fault or grid malfunction has been detected, in which the grid voltage is increased or decreased. In the normal operating mode an active current is fed in in order to feed active electric power into the grid and if the need arises a reactive electric power is additionally fed into the grid by a reactive current. The combination of the active and reactive currents results in an apparent current.

Method of feeding electric power by means of a wind energy system

Provided is a method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network at a network connection point by means of a converter-controlled infeed apparatus, in particular by means of a wind power system. The electrical supply network has a network voltage having a network frequency and a network phase angle rotating with the network frequency and is characterized by a rated network frequency. The infeed is effected by means of a converter operating in a current-impressing manner. An infeed current is generated by the converter with an infeed phase angle rotating with the network frequency for the purpose of controlling the infeed phase angle. A guide angle rotating with the network frequency is predefined. The guide angle has a predefinable lead angle with respect to the network phase angle such that the guide angle lags the network phase angle by the lead angle.

Method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network

A method for rebuilding an electric supply grid of a grid operator by means of at least one wind power installation, wherein the electric supply grid has a first grid section and at least one further grid section, wherein the first grid section is connected to the at least one wind power installation and has a first grid nominal voltage, the first grid section is coupled to the at least one further grid section via at least one switching device in order to transmit electric energy between the grid sections, wherein the at least one switching device is set up to disconnect the first grid section from the at least one further grid section in the event of a fault, comprising the steps of operating the at least one wind power installation in an observation mode if the fault occurs, wherein the wind power installation does not feed the first grid section in the observation road and a status of the first grid section is checked, and operating the at least one wind power installation in a grid rebuilding mode if the first grid section has a grid rebuilding voltage, and operating the at least one wind power installation in a normal operating mode again as soon as the fault has passed.

Method for rebuilding an electric supply grid

Provided is a method of supplying at least one component of a wind turbine with energy. The energy during operation of the wind turbine is taken from energy generated using a generator of the wind turbine and provided for supply to the at least one component of the wind turbine. Provided is an energy supply device for performing the method and a wind turbine having the energy supply device.

Method for supplying wind energy plant components with energy and energy supply device and wind energy plant using the same

Provided is a method for operating a wind power installation or a wind farm with a number of wind power installations for exchanging electrical power between the wind farm and an electrical supply grid. Each wind power installation has one or more feeding-in devices. The wind power installation or the wind farm is connected to the electrical supply grid by a grid connection point. The power is exchanged by way of the grid connection point. One or more of the feeding-in devices operate as voltage-influencing units and one or more of the feeding-in devices operate as current-influencing units. The voltage-influencing units and the current-influencing units also operate in a voltage-influencing and current-influencing manner during undisturbed operation of the electrical supply grid.

Method for operating a wind farm

A method for starting a farm grid of a wind farm is provided. The energy generation grid has at least one grid connection point connected to an electrical supply grid and the energy generation grid, in a normal operating mode, exchanges electrical power with the electrical supply grid via the grid connection point. The method includes selecting an establishment mode, different than the normal operating mode, if the electrical supply grid has a voltage drop or the energy generation grid is isolated from the electrical supply grid and operating the energy generation grid in the establishment mode. The establishment mode at least one voltage-influencing wind power installation for providing a wind farm grid voltage and at least one current-influencing wind power installation that synchronizes to the energy generation grid voltage. The wind power installations in total provide an electrical power at the level of an inherent need of the grid.

Method for starting an energy generation network

A method for operating a wind power installation which is connected to a network connection point of an electrical supply network and is intended to produce and feed electrical energy into the electrical supply network, wherein the electrical supply network has a network nominal frequency and is operated at a network frequency, and the wind power installation which comprises an electrical generator with a generator nominal power can be regulated on the basis of the network frequency, comprising the steps of: using the electrical generator to produce an electrical generator power for feeding into the electrical supply network, feeding the electrical generator power or a part of it into the electrical supply network as electrical feed-in power on the basis of the network frequency, wherein, in a first supporting stage, the electrical generator power is reduced on the basis of the network frequency in order to accordingly reduce the electrical feed-in power, and, in a second supporting stage, the electrical feed-in power is reduced such that the electrical feed-in power is less than the electrical generator power.

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Ingo Mackensen