Systems and Methods for Controlling Electrical Power Systems Connected to a Power Grid

A control system for a power system connected to a power grid, the power system having a plurality of power subsystem clusters, each of the power subsystems including a generator and defining a stator power path and a converter power path for supplying power to the power grid, the converter power path having a partial power transformer and a rotor power path, the control system comprising:

• one or more sensors for generating at least one of measured reactive power or measured terminal voltage from the generator;
• a controller configured to receive a reactive power instruction and the measured reactive power from the generator, and generate reactive power error signal based on a difference between the reactive power instruction and the measured reactive power;
• a reactive power regulator configured to receive the reactive power error signal and generates a voltage instruction based on the reactive power error signal;
• a droop controller configured to generate a voltage droop signal based on a reference reactance and a voltage at a point of common coupling;
• the controller is further configured to generate a voltage error signal according to at least one of the voltage instruction or the measured terminal voltage of the generator and the voltage droop signal;
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• a voltage regulator configured to generate a reactive current instruction based on the voltage error signal.

A wind farm that includes:

• a plurality of wind turbine clusters, each of the wind turbine clusters comprising a plurality of wind turbines, each of the wind turbines having a power converter electrically coupled to a generator having a generator rotor and a generator stator, each of the wind turbines defining a stator power path and a converter power path for supplying power to the power grid, the converter power path including a partial power transformer;
• a cluster transformer, connecting each of the wind turbine groups to the power grid;
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• a plurality of turbine controllers, each of the turbine controllers communicatively coupled to one of the wind turbines, the turbine controller configured to perform one or more operations, the one or more operations comprising:
• receiving a reactive power instruction and a measured reactive power from the generator;
• generating a reactive power error signal based on a difference between the reactive power instruction and the measured reactive power;
• receiving the reactive power error signal;
• generating a voltage instruction based on the reactive power error signal;
• generating a voltage droop signal based on a reference reactance and a voltage at a point of common coupling;
• generating the voltage error signal according to at least one of the voltage instruction or a measured terminal voltage of the generator and the voltage droop signal;
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• generating a reactive current instruction for the converter power path based on the voltage error signal.