Evaluation of Phase Imbalance Compensation for Mitigating DFIG-Series Capacitor Interaction

Abstract

This paper assesses the suitability of the phase imbalance concept as an alternative approach for series compensating a transmission line, with the goal to eliminate adverse subsynchronous interactions between a DFIG and the transmission system. The performance of this concept, under a predefined degree of asymmetry, is compared with the classical series compensation scheme. First, it is concluded that the phase imbalance concept can reduce subsynchronous oscillations, as this concept results in lower resonance frequencies, which in turn lead to increased damping. Second, as these resonance frequencies remain in the DFIG's negative resistance region, the subsynchronous oscillations cannot be fully mitigated.