Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University ›› 2026, Vol. 60 ›› Issue (7): 1120-1129.doi: 10.16183/j.cnki.jsjtu.2024.479

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Quantitative Evaluation Method for Effective Support Capability of Wind Turbine Virtual Inertia

LI Dongdong1, LIU Di1, XU Bo1(), DING Haoyin2, LIU Jiachen2   

  1. 1 College of Electrical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China
    2 East Branch of State Grid Corporation of China, Shanghai 200120, China
  • Received:2024-11-25 Revised:2025-02-07 Accepted:2025-02-24 Online:2026-07-28 Published:2026-08-05
  • Contact: XU Bo E-mail:xubo@shiep.edu.cn

Abstract:

Virtual inertia provided by wind turbines can effectively improve the inertia level of power systems. However, the quantitative evaluation of the effective support capability of the virtual inertia of wind turbine needs further studies. Therefore, this paper proposes a quantitative evaluation method for the effective support capability of the virtual inertia of wind turbines. First, the system frequency response (SFR) model of a power system with wind turbines is developed, which is compared with the traditional SFR model of the power system to propose the concept of an inertia efficiency factor, and the mapping relationship between the virtual inertia of wind turbines and the inertia of synchronous machine is built from the perspective of frequency response index. Then, considering influencing factors such as control parameters and response delay of the virtual inertia of wind turbines, an expression of the inertia efficiency factor is derived, hence the evaluation formulation of the effective support capability of the virtual inertia of wind turbines is obtained. Finally, simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Key words: wind turbine generator system, virtual inertia, frequency response, support capability, inertia efficiency

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