Validation of the equivalent model of wind farm for probabilistic harmonic propagation studies

This paper develops and validates an equivalent model of a wind farm for probabilistic harmonic propagation and mitigation studies in power electronics rich transmission or distribution networks. The methodology is based on Monte Carlo simulations and probabilistic distributions. Field measurements from a single wind turbine and PCC bus are used for the validation of the equivalent model. It is found out that the simulated results using developed model are in good agreement with the available field measurements. This equivalent model is therefore deemed to be suitable for the first level approximation of harmonic propagation and the identification of potential harmonic issues in the power electronics rich networks.