Nonlinear control with wind estimation of a DFIG variable speed wind turbine.pdf

Energy Conversion and Management 50 (2009) 885–892 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Energy Conversion and Management journal homepage: /locate/enconman Nonlinear control with wind estimation of a DFIG variable speed wind turbine for power capture optimization B. Boukhezzar a,*, H. Siguerdidjane b,* a GREYC Control Team, 6 bd du Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen, Cedex, France b Automatic Control Department, Supélec, Plateau du Moulon, 3, Rue Joliot-Curie, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, Cedex, France a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: A cascaded nonlinear controller is designed for a variable speed wind turbine equipped with a Doubly Fed Received 27 May 2008 Induction Generator (DFIG). The main objective of the controller is wind energy capture optimization Accepted 2 January 2009 while avoiding strong transients in the turbine components and specially in the drive train. The inner Available online 8 February 2009 loop controller ensures an efficient tracking of both generator torque and stator flux, while the outer loop controller achieves a close tracking of the optimal blade rotor speed to optimize wind energy capture. It is Keywords: combined to a wind speed estimator that provides an estimation of the wind speed and the aerodynamic DFIG torque involved in the controller. The global controller is firstly tested with a simplified mathematical Nonlinear control