Interactive Lab Assistant: Wind power plants with DFIG

The experiment instructions come in the form of the Interactive Lab Assistant course. This multimedia course is a step-by-step guide through the field of wind power stations. The basic physics and mechanical processes are demonstrated using easy-to-understand animations. The Interactive Lab Assistant together with the WindSim software forms the core elements of a user-friendly experiment environment.

Special features:

• Interactive experiment set-ups
• Measured values and graphics can be stored in the instruction section via drag and drop
• WindSim software can be started directly from the experiment instructions
• Questions with feedback and evaluation logic help to monitor progress
• Print document feature available for easy hardcopy printing of experiment instructions with solutions
• Labsoft browser, course software and WindSim software

The WindSim software performs controlling operation of the control unit of the double-feed asynchronous generator and drive unit. Different wind speeds and profiles can be set and emulated with this device. This imposes the same operating states onto the generator shaft as those affecting a real wind power station. At the same time, the software permits the control, parameterisation and visualisation of the double-feed asynchronous generator’s operating parameters.

Special features include:

• Detailed emulation of a modern wind power station
• Measurement, calculation and graphic representation of all mechanical and electrical operating parameters (SCADA)
• Automatic or manual operation
• Manual and automatic synchronization with the 3-phase electricity grid
• Selection of setpoint values for active and reactive power
• Definition and emulation of wind power and wind profiles
• Operating with various wind forces including pitch control
• Step-by-step initial setup and commissioning to demonstrate functional operation
• Export feature for graphics
• Limiting the power of the wind power plant (derating)
• 32-bit version for Windows
• Course duration 20 h approx.