The paper represents a comprehensive review of the wind farm layout and reliability assessment of the wind farm integrated electrical power system. The authors have done a review on the proliferation of renewable energy which raises the uncertainties in the electrical power system. The uncertainties including wind speed and wake effect are important to deal with when an isolated microgrid is considered. The scenario becomes vigilant when the wind farms are integrated with the main grid. Due to uncertainties, the study of reliability evaluation of a wind integrated power system would become significant to analyse the electrical power system behaviour effectively. So, the paper discusses the layout optimisation methods of wind turbines considering the uncertainty parameters, mainly the wake effect. In this regard, the different wake models and optimisation methods based on a single-objective and multi-objective functions are reviewed in detail with the proper comparisons. The paper serves as a better illustration of the competency of these optimisation methods on the optimal wind turbine location on a wind farm. Furthermore, the paper extends the view on the reliability and cost assessment, and reliability improvement techniques of the wind integrated power system. This article provides comprehensive information, yields an attractive and subsequent tool for research requirements for the researchers to design the wind farm layout, and assessed the reliability of a wind integrated power system.

The paper discusses the different possible techniques to self excite the slip ring induction machine working as self excited induction generator. The generated voltage due to self excitation is initiated and sustained with constant value of power capacitors connected across the stator windings. Attention is focused on the influence of different techniques on generator voltage and output power capabilities. The generated voltage of the wind driven self -excited induction generator (SEIG) is mainly depending on the wind velocity fluctuations and load variations. By choosing the proper value of the self excitation capacitor banks achieves the reactive power requirements. In case of squirrel cage induction generator only the excitation capacitance at stator is used to achieve the reactive power requirements. But in case of slip ring induction generators with the different self excitation techniques at the rotor are used to achieve the reactive power requirements and improvement in the voltage build up. In previous literature there is no discussion about the different techniques of self excitation and its effects on the induction generator. These are the new methods proposed for the improvement in voltage build up and can also controls the slip. MATLAB/SIMULINK based work is carried out for 3.5kW machine. Proposed methods may be used for low cost variable speed wind energy conversion systems.

Summary The assimilation of wind energy into the conventional grid brings several considerable challenges when uncertainties are considered. The uncertainties, including the occurrence of three‐phase fault and lightning fault, are considered to analyze the reliability and performance of the wind energy system. So, a study is a prerequisite for the power system, including wind farm (WF), voltage source converter (VSC), and lightning voltage and current phenomena. Therefore, the present work deals with the generation of lightning envelopes of impulse voltage and current and rectangular pulse current by considering the realistic equivalent circuit. The generated impulse voltage acting as a lightning fault is then implemented on the 3‐phase terminals of grid‐connected Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) based Wind Integrated Power System (WIPS), which includes six wind turbines (WT) of 1.5 MW each and 120 kV, 60 Hz grid. A 3‐phase short circuit fault is applied further to compare the output responses of the DFIG‐based WIPS. The system's behavior under both faults is observed by determining the controller gain values. The gains, including proportional (kp) and integral (ki) of a sixth‐order transfer function for Wind Turbine Generator (WTG), have been determined by using particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. A reliability assessment of VSC considering DC voltage is done using the Monte‐Carlo (MC) method, considering the lightning impulse voltage (LIV) as a major cause of converter failure. It is found that the DFIG‐based WIPS achieves considerable responses under both types of faults by obtaining the optimal controller values. It has been also observed that the reduction in the number of failures that occurred in VSC during the lightning strike improves the system's reliability.

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