Power Control of Wind Turbine based on Fuzzy Controllers

Abstract

In this paper, we develop the overall model of the wind energy conversion system (WECS) structure based on induction generator (IG), and propose a study of the electrical parts (induction machine and static converter). Our study is developed on a wind conversion system in order to produce optimum power and to extract the maximal wind power. The goal of this paper is to control the power generated by the WECS and transmitted to the grid. We propose a new control strategy based on fuzzy logic in order to control the power generated by the WECS. The main drawback is that the WECS is highly nonlinear, and thus a nonlinear control strategy is required. An adaptive fuzzy power controller is proposed to overcome this problem. A simulation study is done to prove the validation of the strategy used in power control.