Plant for generating electric power and a method for operation of such a plant
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1. A plant for generating electric power comprising:
- at least two generators separately driven by wind power and adapted to feed an alternating voltage to an alternating voltage line in common, a converter having a plurality of switchable power semiconductor devices adapted to convert alternating voltage into direct voltage and conversely connected with its alternating voltage side to said alternating voltage line, a unit adapted to control the switching of the power semiconductor devices in the converter for controlling the frequency of the alternating voltage on the alternating voltage line from the generators;
and an arrangement adapted to determine an optimum frequency of the voltage on the alternating voltage line for the wind conditions prevailing, with respect to the maximum power that may be generated by the plant, and to send orders to the unit to control the converter for obtaining the optimum frequency of said alternating voltage, said arrangement comprising means adapted to measure the total power fed from the wind power generators towards the converter, and members adapted to send orders to the unit for adjusting the control of the converter depending upon power values delivered by said means so that a power maximum is obtained.
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Abstract
In a plant for generating electric power through at least two generators separately driven by wind power and feeding an alternating voltage to an alternating voltage line in common, a converter is adapted to convert the alternating voltage into direct voltage and conversely. The plant has means (29, 30) adapted to measure the total power fed towards the converter from the wind power generators and members (32) adapted to send orders to a unit (14) adapted to control the converter (9) for adjusting the control thereof depending upon power values delivered by said means to such a frequency that a power maximum is obtained.
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1. A plant for generating electric power comprising:
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at least two generators separately driven by wind power and adapted to feed an alternating voltage to an alternating voltage line in common, a converter having a plurality of switchable power semiconductor devices adapted to convert alternating voltage into direct voltage and conversely connected with its alternating voltage side to said alternating voltage line, a unit adapted to control the switching of the power semiconductor devices in the converter for controlling the frequency of the alternating voltage on the alternating voltage line from the generators;
and an arrangement adapted to determine an optimum frequency of the voltage on the alternating voltage line for the wind conditions prevailing, with respect to the maximum power that may be generated by the plant, and to send orders to the unit to control the converter for obtaining the optimum frequency of said alternating voltage, said arrangement comprising means adapted to measure the total power fed from the wind power generators towards the converter, and members adapted to send orders to the unit for adjusting the control of the converter depending upon power values delivered by said means so that a power maximum is obtained. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20)
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16. A method for operation of a plant for generating electric power through at least two generators separately driven by wind power, said plant having a converter having a plurality of switchable power semiconductor services adapted to convert alternating voltage into direct voltage and conversely and connected through the alternating voltage side thereof to an alternating voltage line in common from said generators, and a unit for controlling switching of the power semiconductor devices in the converter and thereby the frequency of the alternating voltage on the alternating voltage line from the generators are controlled through said control unit and an optimum frequency of the voltage on the alternating voltage line for prevailing wind conditions, with respect to the maximum power that may be generated by the plant is determined, and the converter is controlled to generate the alternating voltage having the determining frequency said optimum frequency being determined by the steps of:
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1) measuring total power fed from the wind power generators towards the converter, and 2) sending orders to said unit for adjusting the control of the converter depending upon the power values measured so that a power maximum is obtained. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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