Dynamic behaviour of UPF rectifier for PMSG based wind energy conversion system

Author

Pillai, Sreekesh Kesava ; Samuel, Paulson

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., MNNIT, Allahabad, India

fYear

2014

fDate

3-5 July 2014

Firstpage

200

Lastpage

205

Abstract

This paper addresses dynamic behaviour of Unity Power Factor (UPF) rectifier for permanent magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) based Wind Energy Conversion System (WECS). Furthermore SPWM based five level diode clamped inverter also is introduced to drive three phase balanced R-L load. The performance of the rectifier is compared to that of a traditional uncontrolled diode bridge rectifier. The features of the front end rectifier are low cost, small size and high efficiency. Three bidirectional switches are used in the configuration which is switched at only twice the generated frequency. The THD and power factor of the input current of the front end rectifier are the parameters of significance in this analysis. The performance is analysed for both variation in wind speed and also the dynamics of the load. The whole model is simulated using MATLAB, Simulink software platform.

Keywords

diodes; harmonic distortion; invertors; permanent magnet generators; power factor; rectifying circuits; switchgear; switching convertors; synchronous generators; wind power plants; MATLAB-Simulink software platform; PMSG; SPWM based five level diode clamped inverter; THD; UPF rectifier; WECS; bidirectional switch; front end rectifier; permanent magnet synchronous generator; three phase balanced R-L load; uncontrolled diode bridge rectifier; unity power factor rectifier; wind energy conversion system; wind speed variation; Harmonic analysis; Load management; Reactive power; Rectifiers; Wind energy; Wind speed; Wind turbines; PMSG Wind Energy conversion system (WECS); Unity power factor (UPF) Rectifier;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Embedded Systems (ICES), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Coimbatore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5025-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EmbeddedSys.2014.6953156

Filename

6953156