Modeling and MPPT sensorless control of a DFIG-Based marine current turbine

Author

Ben Elghali, S.E. ; Benbouzid, M.E.H. ; Charpentier, J.F. ; Ahmed-Ali, T. ; Gahery, J.M. ; Denis, A.

Author_Institution

Lab. Brestois de Mec. et des Syst. (LBMS - EA 4325), Univ. of Brest, Brest

fYear

2008

fDate

6-9 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper deals with the modeling and the sensorless control of a variable speed DFIG-based marine current turbine. The proposed MPPT sensorless control strategy relies on the resource and the marine turbine models that were validated by experimental data. The sensitivity of the proposed control strategy is analyzed regarding the swell effect as it is considered as the most disturbing one for the resource model. Tidal current data from the Raz de Sein (Brittany, France) are used to run simulations of a 7.5-kW prototype over various flow regimes. Simulation results are presented and fully analyzed.

Keywords

asynchronous generators; machine control; power control; tidal power stations; turbogenerators; DFIG-based marine current turbine; MPPT sensorless control; doubly-fed induction generator; maximum power point tracking; power 7.5 kW; resource model; swell effect; tidal current data; Analytical models; Inductance; Kinetic energy; Marine technology; Power generation; Sensorless control; Tides; Torque; Turbines; Virtual prototyping; Doubly-Fed Induction Generator (DFIG); Marine current turbine (MCT); Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT); modeling; sensorless control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Machines, 2008. ICEM 2008. 18th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vilamoura

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1735-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1736-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICELMACH.2008.4800165

Filename

4800165