A Study on the Maximum Power Control Method of Switched Reluctance Generator for Wind Turbine

Author

Da-Woon Choi ; Sang-In Byun ; Yun-Hyun Cho

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Dong-A, Busan, South Korea

Volume

50

Issue

1

fYear

2014

fDate

Jan. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper deals with modeling and power control methods of a switched reluctance generator (SRG) driven from the wind power generation system. To consider electromagnetic nonlinear characteristics of SRG, the flux linkage and torque of the designed generator computed by a finite element method (FEM) are applied to the SRG model. And the SRG model is controlled with a required output curve depending on the speed of the generator using optimized switching angle which has been analyzed in advance to maximize its efficiency. The power control algorithm is applied to a manufactured 3 kW prototype SRG. The simulation results are compared with the experimental ones for validation.

Keywords

finite element analysis; machine control; machine theory; power control; reluctance generators; wind power plants; wind turbines; FEM; SRG model; electromagnetic nonlinear characteristics; finite element method; flux linkage; maximum power control method; optimized switching angle; power 3 kW; switched reluctance generator; wind power generation system; wind turbine; Power control; Shafts; Switches; Torque; Wind turbines; Optimize switching angle; power control; switched reluctance generator (SRG); wind turbine;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2013.2274174

Filename

6692954