Maximum Power Tracking Control for a Wind Turbine System Including a Matrix Converter

This paper focuses on maximum wind power extraction for a wind energy conversion system composed of a wind turbine, a squirrel-cage induction generator, and a matrix converter (MC). At a given wind velocity, the mechanical power available from a wind turbine is a function of its shaft speed. In order to track maximum power, the MC adjusts the induction generator terminal frequency, and thus, the turbine shaft speed. The MC also adjusts the reactive power transfer at the grid interface toward voltage regulation or power factor correction. A maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm is included in the control system. Conclusions about the effectiveness of the proposed scheme are supported by analysis and simulation results.      

Direct field oriented control scheme for space vector modulated AC/DC/AC converter fed induction motor

This paper investigates a Luenberger flux observer with speed adaptation for a direct field oriented control of an induction motor. An improved method of speed estimation that operates on the principle of speed adaptive flux and current observer has been proposed. An observer is basically an estimator that uses a plant model and a feedback loop with measured stator voltage and current. Simulation results show that the proposed direct field oriented control with the proposed observer provides good performance dynamic characteristics. The induction motor is fed by an indirect power electronics converter. This indirect converter is controlled by a sliding mode technique that enables minimization of harmonics introduced by the line converter, as well as the control of the power factor and DC-link voltage. The robustness of the overall system is studied using simulation for different operating modes and varied parameters.     

基于风速预测的风电场虚拟惯量协调控制技术

针对现有风电场虚拟惯量协调控制在风电机组调频辅助功率协调分配方面的研究,提出一种基于风速预测的风电场虚拟惯量响应场级协同分配策略,具体是通过经验模式分解（EMD）和BP神经网络训练风速时序序列获得风速时序模型,预测短时段内的风速,根据实时转速和预测风速计算惯量分配权重因子,根据频率变化计算全场惯量响应值,通过惯量分配权重因子结合变流器容量限值给单机分配惯量响应值。该控制策略成功应用于云南某148.5 MW风电场站级调频测试,验证了算法的有效性。     

A complete modeling and simulation of DFIG based wind turbine system using fuzzy logic control

The current paper talks about the variable speed wind turbine generation system (WTGS). So, the WTGS is equipped with a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) and two bidirectional converters in the rotor open circuit. A vector control (VC) of the rotor side converter (RSC) offers independent regulation of the stator active and reactive power and the optimal rotational speed tracking in the power maximization operating mode. A VC scheme for the grid-side converter (GSC) allows an independent regulation of the active and reactive power to exchange with the grid and sinusoidal supply currents and keeps the DC-link voltage constant. A fuzzy inference system (FIS) is adopted as an alternative of the conventional proportional and integral (PI) controller to reject some uncertainties or disturbance. The performances have been verified using the Matlab/Simulink software.     

基于超级电容储能的风电并网功率调节控制系统

风能是一种随机变化的能源,风速变化会导致风电机组输出功率的波动,对电网的电能质量产生影响,使用储能装置可以改善风电质量。通过在风电场并网的交流侧母线上并联超级电容储能单元,能实现对风电场功率的调节,减小功率的波动。文章设计了风电场并网及储能系统各部分的控制策略,在Matlab/Simulink仿真环境下创建了系统的仿真模型,验证了控制策略的正确性。仿真系统最终实现了电机侧变流器最大风能跟踪、电网侧变流器单位功率因数并网和超级电容储能单元对风电场并网功率的调节。     

脱硫系统增压风机电机变频改造技术分析

通过分析燃煤电厂脱硫系统增压风机的运行特性,找出静叶可调式风机的最佳运行工作点;通过分析三相异步电动机的转速与频率成正比关系,得出采用变频器进行无级调速,调速范围宽且转速变化曲线平滑.介绍了阜阳华润600 MW超临界火电厂对脱硫系统增压风机电机实施变频改造的理论分析和技术改造经验,叙述了对增压风机电机进行变频改造后,脱...     

Neural network controller for a permanent magnet generator applied in a wind energy conversion system

In this paper a neural network controller for achieving maximum power tracking as well as output voltage regulation, for a wind energy conversion system (WECS) employing a permanent magnet synchronous generator, is proposed. The permanent magnet generator (PMG) supplies a DC load via a bridge rectifier and two buck–boost converters. Adjusting the switching frequency of the first buck–boost converter achieves maximum power tracking. Adjusting the switching frequency of the second buck–boost converter allows output voltage regulation. The on-times of the switching devices of the two converters are supplied by the developed neural network (NN). The effect of sudden changes in wind speed, and/or in reference voltage on the performance of the NN controller are explored. Simulation results showed the possibility of achieving maximum power tracking and output voltage regulation simultaneously with the developed NN controller. The results proved also the fast response and robustness of the proposed control system.     

Permanent-magnet machines

This paper explores the use of an interior permanent-magnet synchronous machine (IPM) as a source of controlled DC power. A three-phase diode rectifier converts the generated AC power into DC, which is further processed by a buck or boost DC-DC converter with a pulse-width modulation voltage controller for load voltage and output power regulation. The modeling and analysis of the generator system set forth are confirmed to accurately predict the generator characteristics by experimental results derived from a 2 hp interior permanent-magnet generator controlled separately by a buck and a boost DC-DC converter     

Grid power quality with variable speed wind turbines

Grid connection of renewable energy sources is essential if they are to be effectively exploited, but grid connection brings problems of voltage fluctuation and harmonic distortion. In the paper, appropriate modeling and simulation techniques are discussed for studying the voltage fluctuation and harmonic distortion in a network to which variable speed wind turbines are connected. Case studies on a distribution network show that the voltage fluctuation and harmonic problems can he minimized with the proposed power electronics interface and control system while the wind energy conversion system captures the maximum power from the wind as wind speed varies. The studies have also demonstrated the ability of the advanced converter to assist the system voltage regulation     

Dynamic modelling and control of fully rated converter wind turbines

Today, many countries are integrating large amount of wind energy into the grid and many more are expected to follow. The expected increase of wind energy integration is therefore a concern particularly to transmission grid operators. Based on the past experience, some of the relevant concerns when connecting significant amount of wind energy into the existing grid are: fault ride through requirement to keep wind turbines on the grid during faults and wind turbines have to provide ancillary services like voltage and frequency control with particular regard to island operation.While there are still a number of wind turbines based on fixed speed induction generators (FSIG) currently running, majority of wind turbines that are planned to be erected are of variable speed configurations. The reason for this is that FSIG are not capable of addressing the concern mentioned above. Thus, existing researches in wind turbines are now widely directed into variable speed configurations. This is because apart from optimum energy capture and reduction of mechanical stress, preference of these types is also due to the fact that it can support the network such as its reactive power and frequency regulation. Variable wind turbines are doubly fed induction generator wind turbines and full converters wind turbines which are based on synchronous or induction generators.This paper describes the steady state and dynamic models and control strategies of wind turbine generators. The dynamic models are presented in the dq frame of reference. Different control strategies in the generator side converter and in the grid side converter for fault ride through requirement and active power/frequency and reactive/voltage control are presented for variable speed wind turbines.     

变速恒频直驱型风电系统变流器拓扑结构研究

直接驱动型变速恒频风力发电是一种新型的发电技术,它具有无齿轮箱、机械磨损小、整机效率高、运行维护成本低等优点,在风力发电领域中有着很好的应用前景。该系统需要采用全功率变流器,对应的大功率变流器单元可以有不同的拓扑结构,根据每种电路拓扑的特点,整个系统的控制方法都会相应地发生变化。载波相移正弦脉宽调制技术（CarrierPhaseShiftedSinuousPulseWidthModulation,CPS-SPWM）可以在较低的开关频率下有效地抑制和消除低次谐波,并具有相当大的传输带宽,是一种适于大功率电力电子装置的较佳的开关调制策略。文章首先对直驱型变速恒频风力发电系统基本拓扑结构进行了对比分析,着重介绍了用CPS—SPWM调制方法控制的五电平级联变流器,及其在直驱型风力发电中的应用。直接驱动型风力发电系统几种大功率变流器拓扑结构对比分析,比较了各种拓扑结构的优缺点、技术难点,以及实际应用中存在的问题,并对大功率变流器在风力发电系统应用中的可行性进行了相关分析与探讨．为直驱风力发电系统拓扑结构的选型提供了参考基础。     

Variable Speed Wind Turbines for Power System Stability Enhancement

This paper investigates possible improvements in grid voltage stability and transient stability with wind energy converter units using modified P/Q control. The voltage source converter (VSC) in modern variable speed wind turbines is utilized to achieve this enhancement. The findings show that using only available hardware for variable-speed turbines improvements could be obtained in all cases. Moreover, it was found that power system stability improvement is often larger when the control is modified for a given variable speed wind turbine rather than when standard variable speed turbines are used instead of fixed speed turbines. To demonstrate that the suggested modifications can be incorporated in real installations, a real situation is presented where short-term voltage stability is improved as an additional feature of an existing VSC high voltage direct current (HVDC) installation     

Apparatus for supplying an isolated DC load from a variable-speedself-excited induction generator

This paper describes the design and laboratory testing of novel generation apparatus for supplying an isolated DC load from a self-excited induction generator operable at variable speed. The variable-speed generating apparatus consists of a self-excited induction machine, a controlled Graetz bridge rectifier, a voltage-boost power converter, and a control system. The induction generator supplies the rectifier. The voltage-boost power converter interfaces the variable output voltage of the rectifier to the fixed DC voltage required for the load. The rectifier is operated at levels of average DC current and voltage which control machine voltage to the rated AC voltage and which also draw the necessary power to supply the DC load. Performance is enhanced with respect to earlier apparatus in that both the DC voltage supplied to the load and the AC voltage on the machine are simultaneously controlled to fixed reference levels over broad operating ranges of load and speed     

New management structure of active and reactive power of a large wind farm based on multilevel converter

This paper proposes a system of supervision and operation of a new structure wherein a large wind farm is connected to an electrical grid. The farm is managed in such a manner that it can produce the power needed by the grid system. The supervision algorithm is used to distribute the active and reactive power references to the wind turbines proportionally. Based on the aerodynamic power and wind speed of each turbine, the active and reactive power references are produced individually. By using the vector field oriented control, each doubly fed induction generator is controlled through the rotor, which is connected to the two-level pulse width modulation converter. The close loop control is used to provide a constant DC voltage using a five-level neutral point clamped converter. The five-level neutral point clamped converter allows also the adaptation of the voltage level to the electrical grid with better resolution waveform. The analysis of the simulation results shows the effectiveness of the proposed system.     

Fuzzy logic application for intelligent control of a variable speeddrive

The slip power recovery configuration is an attractive scheme of variable speed drive, with high efficiency and low power converter rating; however, high performance control has been difficult. In this paper, novel applications of fuzzy logic for the intelligent control of a slip power recovery system are presented. A direct fuzzy logic controller and an adaptive fuzzy controller, based on model reference adaptive control, are developed and simulated for the doubly-excited induction machine and power converter system. Compared with field orientation control, the intelligent control of a complex slip power recovery system reduces costs and enhances robust and desired performance     

Rapid transaction to load variations of active filter supplied by PV system

This paper deals with the analysis and control of a photovoltaic (PV) system connected to the main supply through a Boost converter and shunt active filter supplied by a PV system providing continuous supply of nonlinear load in variation. A robust control of a PV system connected to the grid while feeding a variable nonlinear load is developed and highlighted. This development is based on the control of the Boost converter to extract the maximum power from the PV system using the Perturb and Observe (P and O) algorithm in the presence of temperature and illumination. The proposed modeling and control strategy provide power to the variable nonlinear load and facilitates the transfer of power from solar panel to the grid while improving the quality of energy (harmonic currents compensation, power factor compensation and dc bus voltage regulation). Validation of the developed model and control strategy is conducted using power system simulator Sim-Power System Blockset Matlab/Simulink. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the shunt active filter to load changes, the method of instantaneous power (pq theory) is used to identify harmonic currents. The obtained results show an accurate extraction of harmonic currents and perfect compensation of both reactive power and harmonic currents with a lower THD and in accordance with the IEEE-519 standard.     

Control of permanent-magnet generators applied to variable-speed wind-energy systems connected to the grid

Wind energy is a prominent area of application of variable-speed generators operating on the constant grid frequency. This paper describes the operation and control of one of these variable-speed wind generators: the direct driven permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG). This generator is connected to the power network by means of a fully controlled frequency converter, which consists of a pulsewidth-modulation (PWM) rectifier, an intermediate dc circuit, and a PWM inverter. The generator is controlled to obtain maximum power from the incident wind with maximum efficiency under different load conditions. Vector control of the grid-side inverter allows power factor regulation of the windmill. This paper shows the dynamic performance of the complete system. Different experimental tests in a 3-kW prototype have been carried out to verify the benefits of the proposed system.     

DFIG sliding mode control fed by back-to-back PWM converter with DC-link voltage control for variable speed wind turbine

This paper proposes an indirect power control of doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) with the rotor connected to the electric grid through a back-to-back pulse width modulation (PWM) converter for variable speed wind power generation. Appropriate state space model of the DFIG is deduced. An original control strategy based on a variable structure control theory, also called sliding mode control, is applied to achieve the control of the active and reactive power exchanged between the stator of the DFIG and the grid. A proportional-integral-(PI) controller is used to keep the DC-link voltage constant for a back-to-back PWM converter. Simulations are conducted for validation of the digital controller operation using Matlab/Simulink software.     

A variable speed wind turbine power control

To optimize the power in a wind turbine, the speed of the turbine should be able to vary with the wind speed. A simple control scheme is proposed that will allow an induction motor to run a turbine at its maximum power coefficient. The control uses a standard V/Hz converter and controls the frequency to achieve the desired power at a given turbine speed     

Maximum power extraction from photo-voltaic power generator with adaptive MPP tracker

Power generation with the help of Photovoltaic (PV) arrays is emphasized increasingly and regarded as an important resource of power energy in the coming years. As the power supplied by PV arrays depends upon the insolation, temperature and array voltage, it is necessary to control the operating point to extract the maximum power from the PV arrays. A number of methods for Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) has been reported in the literature. This paper discusses an adaptive method as well as compares with the conventional fixed step size method, effectively improves the MPPT speed and accuracy simultaneously. An adaptive algorithm and two phase dc-dc Converter is exercised as a MPP tracker. Ripple reduction is possible at input and output side of the converter. Mathematical models of converter are developed using state space averaging technique. The tracking responses of the system operating at the solar array MPP are evaluated. A theoretical analysis of the new algorithm in connection with dc-dc converter is provided and its feasibility is also verified by simulation results.