Thermal Analysis of Two-level Wind Power Converter under Symmetrical Grid Fault

In this paper, the case of symmetrical grid fault when using the multi-MW wind turbine of partial-scale and full-scale two-level power converter are designed and investigated. Firstly, the different operation behaviors of the relevant power converters under the voltage dip will be described and analyzed. Simulations of different configurations regarding the loss distribution and the junction temperature of the power device are presented in respect to the various voltage dips. It is concluded that for both systems the power loss will change dramatically during the Low-Voltage Ride Through (LVRT) condition as well as the junction temperature. For the full-scale wind turbine system, the most thermal stressed power device in the grid-side converter will appear at the grid voltage below 0.5 pu, and for the partial-scale wind turbine system, the most thermal stressed power device in the rotor-side converter will appear around 0.6 pu grid voltage.