Title:

Applications of Power Electronics in Windfarms

Date:

Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 12:00 noon.

Location:

Holiday Inn South, 1330 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg

Speaker:

Jacob Wiebe

Abstract:

The earliest wind turbine generators used induction generators without power electronics. In the early 1990’s , power electronics were first applied extending from the induction generator to doubly fed induction generators. In North America, any use of power electronics was covered by patents and these limited application of power electronics to wind turbine generators. Feeders from wind farms to the main ac network may be ac transmission, ac transmission with series capacitors, and now with dc transmission except for the one supplier who owns the patents. There are issues where various configurations of power electronics and their controls have a significant impact on performance on whether the wind farm will even function, Conventional transient stability studies cannot always predict how wind farms will respond through various contingencies. Advanced EMT tools are needed with detailed models of the wind farms with their power electronics represented exactly.

Speaker Bio:

Jacob Wiebe received his B.Sc.(E.E.) from the University of Manitoba in 2012. Jake first joined the team at Electranix in 2009. He has undertaken system impact, feasibility, and prefeasibility studies using PSSE and PSLF. Additionally, He has undertaken electromagnetic transient studies including transient over voltage, and energization studies using PSCAD and E-TRAN.

Cost and Registration:

  • Cash bar available at Noon.
  • Lunch served at 12:15 PM.
  • Meeting concluded at 1:30 PM.
  • Cost of the meal (payable at the door).

Early Registration (On or before Sept 14, 2012)

  • IEEE Members – $15.00
  • Non-Members – $19.00

Late Registration (After Sept 14, 2012)

  • IEEE Members – $17.00
  • Non-Members – $21.00

The IEEE PES Winnipeg Chapter must guarantee a minimum attendance to the hotel, so please take a moment to register early by RSVP to Jieping Shao by Friday Noon, Sept 14, 2012, in one of the following ways:

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