Coordinated Control Strategies for a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator Based Wind Energy Conversion System
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Modelling of the Wind Energy Conversion System
2.1. Wind Turbine Aerodynamic Model
2.2. PMSG Modelling
3. Control Strategy of WECS
3.1. Maximum Point Tracking Controller
3.2. Pitch Angle Controller
3.3. Proposed Coordinated Hybrid MPPT-Pitch Angle Control Strategy
Radial Basis Function Network
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Only MPPT
4.2. Only Pitch Angle
4.3. Proposed Coordinated Hybrid MPPT-Pitch Angle Control Strategy
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameters | Rating |
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Rated power | 3 kW |
Rated wind speed | 12 m/s |
Cut-in win speed | 3.0 m/s |
Cut-out wind speed | 25 m/s |
Frequency | 50 Hz |
Voltage | 220–240 V |
Rotor diameter | 5.0 m |
Generator type | Three phase PMSG |
Control Strategy | Average Output Power | Average Output Voltage | ||
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Below Rated Wind Speed | Above Rated Wind Speed | Below Rated Wind Speed | Above Rated Wind Speed | |
MPPT | 2921 W | 3097 W | 376 V | 382 V |
Pitch angle | 2883 W | 3002 W | 377 V | 380 V |
Control Strategy | Average Output Power | Average Output Voltage | ||
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Below Rated Wind Speed | Above Rated Wind Speed | Below Rated Wind Speed | Above Rated Wind Speed | |
Proposed coordinated MPPT and Pitch angle | 2943 W | 3008 W | 376.5 V | 381 V |
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Tiwari, R.; Padmanaban, S.; Neelakandan, R.B. Coordinated Control Strategies for a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator Based Wind Energy Conversion System. Energies 2017, 10, 1493. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10101493
Tiwari R, Padmanaban S, Neelakandan RB. Coordinated Control Strategies for a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator Based Wind Energy Conversion System. Energies. 2017; 10(10):1493. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10101493
Chicago/Turabian StyleTiwari, Ramji, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, and Ramesh Babu Neelakandan. 2017. "Coordinated Control Strategies for a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator Based Wind Energy Conversion System" Energies 10, no. 10: 1493. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10101493