Abstract:In order to solve the problem that power grid inertia is continuously reduced due to the increasing penetration of wind power in power system, a DC link capacitor inertia control of permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) based wind turbine(WT) for participating in grid frequency regulation is proposed. With the virtual inertia control, the DC link voltage and AC frequency are coupled to release the static electricity stored in DC link capacitor to provide inertial support for power system during frequency disturbance. This virtual inertia control can effectively suppress the rate of change of frequency (ROCOF) and reduce the maximum deviation of frequency under frequency disturbance, and improve the dynamic characteristics of frequency. In addition, the key parameters affecting the virtual inertia time constant and the exact relationship between virtual inertia time constant and DC link capacitor are discussed in details, and the selection method of the relevant parameters is given. Finally, a simulation study is built in PSCAD/EMTDC, and the simulation results show that the DC link capacitor virtual inertia control can accurately simulate the inertia response of synchronous generator, whose control performance is better than that of the traditional rotor virtual inertia control.