Modeling and simulation of a wind turbine-generator system

Author

Cultura, A.B., II ; Salameh, Z.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Mindanao Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

A detailed electrical model of a wind turbine system equipped with a permanent magnet alternator (PMA), diode rectifier, boost dc to dc converter and inverter is presented. The power conversion system topology is explained and the electrical model of each component is presented. Based on this electrical model, a Simulink model of the system is constructed. The simulation was implemented in the power system simulation tools in MatLab SIMULINK. The output curves of the Simulink model (currents, power and voltages) and the actual measurement at the same wind speed taken from the actual operation of the 2.4 kW wind turbine installed at UMass-Lowell are in good agreement. The analysis of the results demonstrates the effectiveness of the constructed Simulink model which can be used to predict the performance of the wind turbine generator system. The steady state performance of the said wind turbine is also presented.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; alternators; mathematics computing; permanent magnet generators; rectifying circuits; wind turbines; Matlab-Simulink model; PMA; UMass-Lowell; boost DC-DC converter; boost inverter; diode rectifier; electrical model; permanent magnet alternator; power 2.4 kW; power conversion system topology; power system simulation tools; wind speed; wind turbine-generator system; Alternators; Generators; Inverters; Mathematical model; Permanent magnets; Wind speed; Wind turbines; Modeling; Renewable Energy; Wind Turbine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1000-1

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2011.6039668

Filename

6039668