Hardware-in-the-loop simulation of different wind turbines using Energetic Macroscopic Representation

A hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation of a wind energy conversion system has been developed using energetic macroscopic representation. Wind, turbine and mechanical power train are emulated by controlled DC drive to impose the dynamical behavior of the actual process on the generator shaft. In this paper, this HIL simulation is extended to two different wind turbines. The first one leads to extract a rated power of 900 kW using fixed blades. The second turbine leads to extract a rated power of 2 MW using adjustable blades. Experimental results are provided on reduced power experimental set-up for both wind turbines