A LQRI power control for DFIG tuned by a weighted-PSO

This article proposes the linear quadratic regulator with integrator to perform the power control delivered to the grid by a doubly fed induction generator. For this, the machine model is presented as state equations, where the imposition of the synchronous orientation by the stator flux allows power decoupling and consequently individual rotor current control. The controller is optimized by a particle swarm with adaptive inertia weight search algorithm. Experimental results showed the robustness and efficacy of this controller when applied in a wind energy conversion system.     

电网电压不对称跌落下直驱风电系统控制策略

针对电网电压不对称跌落下直驱风电系统并网运行过程中出现的直流环节过电压、并网电流畸变、并网功率波动问题,在直驱风电系统并网变换器的直流环节并联超导磁储能系统;同时在分析电网电压不对称跌落下网侧变换器数学模型的基础上,采用抑制并网功率波动的正负序电流控制对网侧变换器的控制策略加以改进,从而稳定直流环节电压、改善并网电流品质、抑制并网功率波动。仿真结果验证了该控制策略的正确性和有效性。     

Robust control for voltage and transient stability of power grids relying on wind power

Common practice in stabilization of power grids is to refer to different stability categories (transient stability, voltage stability, rotor angle stability) and to address these by designing dedicated controllers separately based on models linearized around nominal operation points. Furthermore, the controllers of a generating unit contained in the grid are usually synthesized without considering other grid nodes. This work, in contrast, proposes a scheme for unified synthesis of controllers which conjunctively address rotor angle stability and voltage stability for grids containing synchronous generators as well as wind energy conversion systems based on doubly-fed induction generators. First, a procedure is proposed to describe the generating units by linear-parameter-varying (LPV) systems, in which fluctuations imposed by the grid or the wind are mapped into time-varying model parameters. For appropriate ranges of these parameters, decentralized robust controllers can be synthesized by semidefinite-programming, such that the power grid is stabilized for the considered fluctuations and disturbances. The effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated for a multi-bus benchmark system, where the grid oscillations are well damped and the LPV-controller stabilizes the grid after permanent changes.     

A Long-Range Generalized Predictive Control Algorithm for a DFIG Based Wind Energy System

This paper presents a new Long-range generalized predictive controller in the synchronous reference frame for a wind energy system doubly-fed induction generator based. This controller uses the state space equations that consider the rotor current and voltage as state and control variables, to execute the predictive control action. Therefore, the model of the plant must be transformed into two discrete transference functions, by means of an auto-regressive moving average model, in order to attain a discrete and decoupled controller, which makes it possible to treat it as two independent single-input single-output systems instead of a magnetic coupled multiple-input multiple-output system. For achieving that, a direct power control strategy is used, based on the past and future rotor currents and voltages estimation. The algorithm evaluates the rotor current predictors for a defined prediction horizon and computes the new rotor voltages that must be injected to controlling the stator active and reactive powers. To evaluate the controller performance, some simulations were made using Matlab/Simulink. Experimental tests were carried out with a small-scale prototype assuming normal operating conditions with constant and variable wind speed profiles. Finally, some conclusions respect to the dynamic performance of this new contro-ller are summarized.      

Optimal control of voltage source converters under power system faults

For the integration of renewable energy in power systems, Voltage Source Converters (VSCs) must transfer power from a DC source to an AC grid with effective control of the DC voltage. An important demand is that the converters remain connected to the grid even under severe voltage perturbations. In these situations, the power transfer capability of the converter suffers a drastic reduction, which may cause over-voltages. In this paper, a multi-variable optimal control with anti-windup compensation is proposed with the aim of improving performance, especially under severe voltage faults. The proposed control scheme is evaluated by simulations using a detailed model of the VSC.     

电网电压不平衡工况下双馈感应风力发电机组的自抗扰控制

本文提出电网电压不平衡工况下双馈感应电机(DFIG)的自抗扰控制(ADRC)方法, 抑制不平衡电压引起的电磁转矩和无功功率波动, 延长风力发电机组的工作寿命. 在正、负序同步旋转坐标系中推导了电网电压不平衡工况下DFIG的电磁转矩表达式, 计算出消除电磁转矩波动所需的负序转子电流, 将其叠加到正序转子电流参考值上, 以减小电磁转矩波动. 采用ADRC实现对转子电流的有效控制, 减少控制器对发电机精确模型的依赖, 提高控制系统的鲁棒性. 仿真结果表明所提出的控制方案有效地减小了电网电压不平衡工况下DFIG的电磁转矩和无功功率波动, 同时减小了不平衡电流, 有利于延长DFIG风力发电机组的工作寿命.     

An effective control solution for doubly-fed induction generator under harsh balanced and unbalanced voltage sags

This paper presents a novel control algorithm for the rotor-side converter of Doubly-Fed Induction Generators. The main goal is to endow the system with effective Low Voltage Ride Through capability, under harsh balanced and unbalanced grid voltage sags, without relying on dedicated auxiliary hardware, which is commonly adopted to sustain severe line faults. In this respect, nonlinear control theory arguments are applied to design a controller capable of mitigating oscillations (particularly on rotor currents and voltages) arising during line faults, therefore preventing the system from disconnecting for protection. The proposed solution adopts both feedforward and feedback terms. The former stems from a thoughtful analysis of the system internal dynamics, taking into account the effects of line voltage perturbations, which is exploited to design feasible state trajectories for the generator electromagnetic variables. Specifically, such references do not contain poorly-damped oscillatory modes of the machine natural dynamics, expressed in synchronously rotating frames (such components turn into slowly varying DC ones in a stationary frames). Then, a state feedback unit is designed according to modern saturated control techniques, accounting for constraints on rotor voltage, and steering real variables toward references, where priority given to rotor currents, to avoid rotor-side converter tripping due to overcurrent. In addition, a non standard line voltage reconstruction and dip detection scheme, based on adaptive state observers, is designed, to reliably cope with challenging faulty conditions. Detailed numerical simulations validate the proposed method benefits under severe symmetric and asymmetric dip scenarios.     

变速恒频双馈风力发电系统网侧变流器控制策略研究

变速恒频双馈风力发电系统通常采用磁链定向、转子磁链定向和气隙磁场定向进行控制,这些控制系统的结构设计复杂,控制精度不高。为了进一步提高风力发电系统的控制效果,论文对变速恒频双馈风力发电系统的双P W M变流器进行了详细的分析,针对网侧变流器建立了数学模型,对网侧变流器的控制策略进行了研究,并采用电压、电流双闭环控制策略对系统中的网侧变流器进行控制。仿真结果显示,双闭环控制策略系统经过短暂的振荡之后能够快速实现状态的转变,达到预期效果。     

Power control of a doubly fed induction generator connected to the power grid

In this paper, the regulation control problem of the active and reactive power at the common connection point between a doubly fed induction generator and the grid is approached. The proposed controller is developed exploiting the passivity properties of the considered model for the control system. It is considered the existence of a wind turbine that delivers a time-varying torque to the generation unit which exhibits a highly nonlinear structure due to the variations of the wind speed. From a theoretical perspective, the main feature of the contribution lies in the fact that it is formally proved that the equilibrium point of the closed-loop system that corresponds to the desired power exhibits practical global asymptotic stability properties. This characteristic is obtained applying well-known theory from the perturbed nonlinear dynamical systems theory. However, in the numerical evaluation of the proposed controller, it is illustrated how these properties are indeed stronger since asymptotic stability is achieved.     

Passivity-based control for variable speed constant frequency operation of a DFIG wind turbine

A standard passivity based control for a double fed induction generator of a wind turbine is presented. The control problem is posed as a variable speed constant frequency operation with the aim to maximise the generated electric power. The controller is designed in such a way that the dual control objective, unity power factor in the stator side and speed tracking in the mechanical port, are satisfied guaranteeing internal stability. The proposed scheme is the first attempt to approach the speed tracking operation from the energy dissipation (passivity) perspective. Simulation results show good performance of the control scheme for wind speeds in different operating regimes.     

A dynamically-constructed fuzzy neural controller for direct model reference adaptive control of multi-input-multi-output nonlinear processes

 Conventional industrial control systems are in majority based on the single-input-single-output design principle with linearized models of the processes. However, most industrial processes are nonlinear and multivariable with strong mutual interactions between process variables that often results in large robustness margins, and in some cases, extremely poor performance of the controller. To improve control accuracy and robustness to disturbances and noise, new design strategies are necessary to overcome problems caused by nonlinearity and mutual interactions. We propose to use a dynamically-constructed, feedback fuzzy neural controller (DCF-FNC) from the input–output data of the process and a reference model, for direct model reference adaptive control (MRAC) to deal with such problems. The effectiveness of our approach is demonstrated by simulation results on a real-world example of cold mill thickness control and is compared with the performances of the conventional PID controller and the cascade correlation neural network (CCN). Exploiting the advantage of intelligent adaptive control, both the CCN and our DCF-FNC significantly increases the control precision and robustness, compared to the linear PID controller, with our DCF-FNC giving the best results in terms of both accuracy and compactness of the controller, as well as being less computationally intensive than the CCN. We argue that our DCF-FNC feedback controller with both structure and parameter learning can provide a computationally efficient solution to control of many real-world multivariable nonlinear processes in presence of disturbances and noise.     

A novel fuzzy direct torque control system for three-level inverter-fed induction machine

Diode clamped multi-level inverter (DCMLI) has a wide application prospect in high-voltage and adjustable speed drive systems due to its low stress on switching devices, low harmonic output, and simple structure. However, the problem of complexity of selecting vectors and capacitor voltage unbalance needs to be solved when the algorithm of direct torque control (DTC) is implemented on DCMLI. In this paper, a fuzzy DTC system of an induction machine fed by a three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) inverter is proposed. After introducing fuzzy logic, optimal selecting switching state is realized by applying various strategies which can distinguish the grade of the errors of stator flux linkage, torque, the neutral-point potential, and the position of stator flux linkage. Consequently, the neutral-point potential unbalance, the dv/dt of output voltage and the switching loss are restrained effectively, and desirable dynamic and steady-state performances of induction machines can be obtained for the DTC scheme. A design method of the fuzzy controller is introduced in detail, and the relevant simulation and experimental results have verified the feasibility of the proposed control algorithm.     

A comparison study of different control strategies for grid‐connected three phase two‐level power converters

This paper presents a comparison study of different control schemes for grid‐connected three phase two‐level power converters. All control strategies adopt the double‐loop control structure which consists of voltage regulation loop and instantaneous power tracking loop. In the external loop, voltage regulation loop, PI, fuzzy PI, adaptive controllers and PI controller plus extended state observer (ESO) are utilized to regulate the output voltage. The merits, drawbacks and design procedures of four methods are compared, investigated and analyzed. The second order sliding mode (SOSM) controllers are applied into the internal loop, instantaneous power tracking loop, to drive the active power and reactive power tracking their set points. The performance differences of these control strategies are compared through the real simulation.     

双馈感应风力发电机组的非线性变结构空载并网控制策略

采用矢量控制结合PI控制来实现双馈感应发电机并网时,电机的各种磁链以及电压电流交叉耦合补偿部分都会降低电网电压跟踪的速度,使动态响应性能不够理想,令超调量增大.本文采用变结构控制与全状态反馈线性化解耦相结合的控制策略,来控制双馈感应发电机组的空载并网过程.在MATLAB仿真模型基础上,从空载并网时发电机定子电压对电网电压的跟踪、并网过渡过程中定转子电流变化情况,和并网后功率调节和最大风能捕获这3个阶段进行了仿真分析.最后将非线性变结构控制器与传统矢量控制外加PI调节控制的仿真结果进行了对比分析.结果表明,采用全状态反馈线性化变结构控制的双馈感应风力发电机组,可以实现发电机的平滑并网,并网效果较好,定子电流对电网冲击小,转子电流实现比较平稳的过渡.并网后,发电机能够有效地进行最大风能捕获,实现变速恒频发电和有功、无功功率的独立调节控制.通过与传统矢量控制的比较分析,可以看出,双馈感应风力发电机组采用状态反馈精确线性化变结构控制器比传统矢量PI控制器对电网电压跟踪速度更快,动态响应更快速、调节时间和超调量更小.     

一种新型有源电力滤波器电流控制策略研究

针对现有有源电力滤波器结构较为复杂、谐波电流跟踪困难等问题,提出了一种新型有源电力滤波器电流控制策略。该控制策略不需要进行负载电流测量与谐波检测,而是直接在电网侧提取电网电流,并将比例积分与矢量比例积分控制器结合使用以对电网电流进行控制,从而实现谐波补偿。仿真结果证明了该策略的正确性与有效性。     

A sliding mode control and artificial neural network based MPPT for a direct grid‐connected photovoltaic source

A robust sliding mode controller for a grid‐connected photovoltaic source is proposed in this paper. The objective of the presented control scheme is to force both the output voltage of the photovoltaic PV source and the power factor at the inverter output to follow a certain trajectory reference. The main idea is to apply the robust sliding mode controller directly to the nonlinear state model of the system composed of the PV source and the inverter with its input and output filters. In order to operate the PV system at the maximum power point and to satisfy the environmental factors, such as solar irradiance and temperature, we included a rigorous maximum power point tracker based on an artificial neural network. Simulation results are presented to illustrate the performance of the proposed control scheme. In addition, we show that the grid current satisfies the harmonic limits of the IEEE standard for interconnecting distributed energy sources with electric power systems.