Recurrent modified Elman neural network control of permanent magnet synchronous generator system based on wind turbine emulator

Abstract

The two recurrent modified Elman neural networks (NNs) controlled permanent magnet (PM) synchronous generator system based on wind turbine emulator is proposed to regulate output voltages of rectifier and inverter in this study. First, the wind turbine emulator, which adopts a closed-loop PM synchronous servo motor drive system to act as prime machine, is designed to drive the PM synchronous generator system to yield the maximum power at different wind speeds. Then, the rotor speed of the PM synchronous generator, the DC bus voltage, and current of the rectifier are detected simultaneously to yield maximum DC power of the rectifier through DC bus power control. Moreover, one online training recurrent modified Elman NN controller is developed to regulate DC bus voltage in the output end of rectifier and another online training recurrent modified Elman NN controller is developed to regulate AC power in the output end of inverter in order to improve the control performance. Finally, some experimental results are verified to show the effectiveness of the proposed recurrent modified Elman NN controlled PM synchronous generator system based on wind turbine emulator.