This course is designed to provide a complete understanding of one of the most important international standards used for evaluating the electrical performance of grid-connected wind turbines. Whether you are an electrical engineer, renewable energy professional, testing engineer, certification specialist, researcher, consultant, or engineering student, this course will help you understand both the technical requirements of the standard and their practical application in real-world projects.
Throughout the course, you will learn how wind turbines are evaluated for electrical characteristics, power quality, and grid compliance according to IEC 61400-21. The course explains the measurement and assessment of active power, reactive power, voltage, current, frequency, harmonics, interharmonics, flicker, voltage fluctuations, and power quality using internationally accepted testing procedures.
As you progress, you will explore advanced topics including Fault Ride-Through (FRT), Low Voltage Ride-Through (LVRT), High Voltage Ride-Through (HVRT), reactive current injection, active and reactive power control, frequency response, synthetic inertia, phase jump testing, impedance measurement, Thevenin and Norton equivalent models, harmonic impedance analysis, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) testing, laboratory test bench validation, transferability of laboratory measurements, grid emulator requirements, and grid adaptability testing.
