A novel fuzzy system for wind turbines reactive power control

Author

Mokryani, Geev ; Siano, Pierluigi ; Piccolo, Antonio ; Calderaro, Vito ; Cecati, Carlo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng., Univ. of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

27-30 June 2011

Firstpage

231

Lastpage

235

Abstract

The paper proposes a new fuzzy controller for variable speed wind turbines (WTs) in order to compensate the variations at the point of common coupling (PCC) by controlling the reactive power generated by WTs. A protection system is used to disconnect the WTs from the grid when the controller is unable to compensate the voltage variations. Simulations carried out on a real 37-bus Italian weak distribution network demonstrated that the controller allows compensating voltage variations during voltage sags.

Keywords

fuzzy control; fuzzy systems; power generation control; power supply quality; reactive power control; wind turbines; 37-bus Italian weak distribution network; fuzzy controller; fuzzy system; point of common coupling; variable speed wind turbines; voltage sags; voltage variation compensation; wind turbines reactive power control; Reactive power; Rotors; Voltage control; Voltage fluctuations; Wind energy; Wind power generation; Wind turbines; Variable speed wind turbines; fuzzy controller; voltage sag; weak distribution network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ), 2011 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Taipei

ISSN

1098-7584

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7315-1

Electronic_ISBN

1098-7584

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUZZY.2011.6007591

Filename

6007591