Evaluating Connecting Al-Mukha New Wind Farm to Yemen Power System
- Citation:
- Al-Barashi, M. M., D. K. Ibrahim, and E. E. - D. A. El-Zahab, "Evaluating Connecting Al-Mukha New Wind Farm to Yemen Power System", International Journal of Electrical Energy, vol. 3, issue 2, pp. 57-67, 2015.
Abstract:
This paper presents modeling and impact analysis of Al-Mukha wind farm (MWF) on Yemen power system, which is made of thermal power plants. In this paper, four kinds of major components are modeled: a 60MW wind farm, a transmission network, thermal power plants, and the Yemen power system load. To analyze the impact of the wind power generation to the Yemen power system, simulations are carried out for two case studies by using the DIgSILENT program. The first is the case of grid impact studies: impact on thermal limits, voltage variations, and system stability, in which an aggregated model of the wind farm is used. The other is the dynamic performance of the wind farm by analyzing low-voltage ride through LVRT, harmonics and flicker impact on the basis of the detailed wind farm layout with 30 wind turbines (WTs) arranged in four stands and the external grid of 2175MVA short-circuit capacity. The simulation results show that the loading of most lines and voltage variations are slightly reduced. In addition, there is no harmful effect on the system stability and also the wind farm is capable to ride through the grid fault. Finally, it is shown that the wind farm contributes voltage and current harmonics higher than the permissible limits while the flicker levels are far below any critical values.