Abstract
This paper deals with the speed control of a variable speed doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG)-based marine current turbine (MCT). To increase the generated power and therefore the efficiency of an MCT, a nonlinear controller has been proposed. DFIG has been already considered for similar applications, particularly wind turbine systems using mainly proportional-integral (PI) controllers. However, such kinds of controllers do not adequately handle some tidal resource characteristics such as turbulence and swell effects. These may decrease MCT performances. Moreover, DFIG parameter variations should be accounted for. Therefore, a robust nonlinear control strategy, namely high-order sliding mode (HOSM) control, is proposed. This control strategy relies on the resource and the marine turbine models that were validated by experimental data. The sensitivity of the proposed control strategy is analyzed regarding the swell effect as it is considered as the most disturbing one for the resource model. Tidal current data from the Raz de Sein (Brittany, France) are used to run simulations of a 7.5-kW prototype over various flow regimes. Simulation results are presented and fully analyzed.
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