Print Email Facebook Twitter Short Circuits of a 10 MW High Temperature Superconducting Wind Turbine Generator Title Short Circuits of a 10 MW High Temperature Superconducting Wind Turbine Generator Author Song, X. (Technical University of Denmark) Liu, D. (TU Delft DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage) Polinder, H. (TU Delft DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage) Mijatovic, Nenad (Technical University of Denmark) Holbøll, Joachim (Technical University of Denmark) Jensen, Bogi Bech (University of the Faroe Islands) Date 2017 Abstract Direct drive high temperature superconducting (HTS) wind turbine generators have been proposed to tackle challenges for ever increasing wind turbine ratings. Due to smaller reactances in HTS generators, higher fault currents and larger transient torques could occur if sudden short circuits happen at generator terminals. In this paper, a finite element model that couples magnetic fields and the generator’s equivalent circuits is developed to simulate short circuit faults. Afterwards, the model is used to study the transient performance of a 10 MW HTS wind turbine generator under four different short circuits, i.e., three-phase, phase-phase clear of earth, phase-phase-earth, and phase-earth. The stator current, fault torque, and field current under each short circuit scenario are examined. Also included are the forces experienced by the HTS field winding under short circuits. The results show that the short circuits pose great challenges to the generator, and careful consideration should be given to protect the generator. The findings presented in this paper would be beneficial to the design, operation and protection of an HTS wind turbine generator. Subject Finite element analysisforcehigh temperature superconducting generatorshort circuittransient To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e1473900-75ba-402f-9f19-19ddd7dc2b82 DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2017.2656623 ISSN 1051-8223 Source IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 27 (4), 1-5 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 X. Song, D. Liu, H. Polinder, Nenad Mijatovic, Joachim Holbøll, Bogi Bech Jensen Files PDF FINAL_VERSION_Short_circu ... TS_WTG.pdf 377.86 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:e1473900-75ba-402f-9f19-19ddd7dc2b82/datastream/OBJ/view