A Solid-State Device for Fault Protection in Low Voltage Wind Turbine System

Abstract

This paper presents how to design and build electrical protection equipment to apply for a wind turbine generator system which is modeled on low voltage 3 phase 380 volts system. This electrical equipment acts as a switch to open-close an electrical circuit to prevent an electrical system as well as equipments or devices in the system. It will open the circuit quickly and decrease the contact arcing of a circuit breaker. The implementation of power electronic properties is used instead of mechanical parts which is called “Solid-State Beaker”. This article presents a method of solid-state breaker simulation on the mathematical analysis via MATLAB/ Simulink program in the cases of fault occurring in an electrical system. The simulation is used as a comparison when it is brought into the system. The fault voltage is detected by RMS Method which is implemented in LAB View program. The detection signal will be sent to the solid-state breaker and order it to cut off all three lines simultaneously to confirm the efficient running of solid- state breaker. But this paper has not yet considered the effect of Harmonic.