IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol.26, No.2, 402-416, 2011
Voltage and Frequency Controllers for an Asynchronous Generator-Based Isolated Wind Energy Conversion System
This paper presents a state of art on voltage and frequency controllers (VFCs) for isolated asynchronous generators (IAGs) for standalone wind energy conversion systems. In wind turbine-driven IAG, magnitude and frequency of the generated voltage vary because of varying consumer loads and wide fluctuation in wind speeds. Therefore, new types of VF controllers based on a voltage source converter along with a battery energy storage system are proposed to maintain the voltage and frequency of IAG constant at varying wind speeds and varying consumer loads. A set of new VF controllers is designed and their performance is simulated in the MATLAB environment using Simulink andSim-Power System toolboxes to study their behavior for standalone wind power generation.
Keywords:Autonomous wind energy conversion systems (WECS);energy storage system;four-leg voltage source converter (VSC);isolated asynchronous generator (IAG);three single-phase VSC;three-leg VSC;three-phase four-wire system;two-leg VSC;voltage and frequency controllers (VFCs)