Electrical active power optimization of the SEIG-WTS based on perturb and observe method

Abstract

This paper proposes an electrical active power optimization for self-excited induction generator-wind turbine system (SEIG-WTS) using a perturb and observe (P&O)-based maximum power point tracking. The main advantage is the optimization of the SEIG active power of SEIG-WTS and the simply practical implementation with rotor speed sensor, current sensor and three phase inverter. The active power optimization of SEIG-WTS is achieved by perturbing angular magnetic field speed with stator reference voltage. To test the effectiveness of the proposal, numeric simulations were carried out under very challenging conditions with wind speed profile in steps and actual wind speed profile. The proposal reaches the maximum power in 7 seconds for hardest condition when the system works at high rotor speed. The proposal is useful for the development of maximum power point tracking control (MPPT) controllers due to its simplicity in implementation.This paper proposes an electrical active power optimization for self-excited induction generator-wind turbine system (SEIG-WTS) using a perturb and observe (P&O)-based maximum power point tracking. The main advantage is the optimization of the SEIG active power of SEIG-WTS and the simply practical implementation with rotor speed sensor, current sensor and three phase inverter. The active power optimization of SEIG-WTS is achieved by perturbing angular magnetic field speed with stator reference voltage. To test the effectiveness of the proposal, numeric simulations were carried out under very challenging conditions with wind speed profile in steps and actual wind speed profile. The proposal reaches the maximum power in 7 seconds for hardest condition when the system works at high rotor speed. The proposal is useful for the development of maximum power point tracking control (MPPT) controllers due to its simplicity in implementation.