Experimental control of a Doubly Fed Induction Generator based Wind Energy Conversion System

Abstract : In recent years, electrical energy has become a vital component for human life. Moreover, the interest for alternative energy sources has an exponential rise nowadays as a consequence of the limitation in conventional energy sources. Wind energy is considered one of the most important renewable energy sources. Nowadays, in order to ensure an optimal energy use, management and control technologies of wind energy conversion system are developed rapidly. In this paper, both of the vector controller and sliding mode control strategy for an isolated doubly fed induction generator-based wind energy conversion system are studied, described, tested and compared. In order to ensure the safety of the connected load, the main purpose of the present work is to maintain output stator voltage and frequency at their reference values whether for load demand power variations and wind speed fluctuations. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the presented control strategies.