Adaptive fuzzy regulation of the DC-bus capacitor voltage in a wind energy conversion system (WECS)

Abstract

This paper proposes a new voltage regulator of the DC-bus capacitor of a variable speed wind power generation system based on adaptive fuzzy system. The change in the fuzzy rule base is done using a variable-structure direct adaptive control algorithm to achieve the pre-defined control objectives. This algorithm has two merits. First, it has a good performance in the training phase as it makes use of the initial rule base defined for the fuzzy logic controller. Second, it has a robust estimator since it depends on variable structure technique. The adaptive nature of the new controller significantly reduces the rule base size and improves its performance.