Development of a maximum power tracking unit integrated in wind turbine simulator

Author

Mokadem, M.E. ; Nichita, C. ; Reghem, P. ; Dakyo, B.

Author_Institution

Groupe de Recherche en Electrotechnique et Autom. du Havre, Le Havre Univ.

fYear

2005

fDate

11-14 Sept. 2005

Abstract

The purpose of our work is to study the maximum conversion of the wind power for a wind diesel system with battery storage using a wind turbine simulator (WTS). The maximum power point tracking have been achieved using a step down converter by controlling the output current of the permanent magnet generator (torque control). The current regulator used to achieve this goal is PI one. The regulation uses the PWM technique. The study was developed taking into account the wind speed variations. The complete model of the wind turbine and the PI current regulator were implemented in Matlab-Simulink environment and they were integrated in a WTS. The experimental results were obtained by using National Instruments acquisition station during a lapse of time of 9700 seconds

Keywords

PI control; PWM power convertors; battery storage plants; electric current control; machine control; permanent magnet generators; torque control; wind turbines; Matlab-Simulink environment; National Instruments acquisition station; PI current regulator; PWM technique; battery storage; current control; maximum power tracking unit; permanent magnet generator; step down converter; torque control; wind diesel system; wind turbine simulator; Batteries; Permanent magnets; Power generation; Pulse width modulation; Regulators; Torque control; Torque converters; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind turbines; DSP control; Experimental results; Maximum wind power tracking; Simulation; Wind Turbine Simulator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications, 2005 European Conference on

Conference_Location

Dresden

Print_ISBN

90-75815-09-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPE.2005.219643

Filename

1665833