Archive | 2019
Adaptive Guaranteed Performance Control of Wind Energy Systems
Abstract
In this chapter, we present an adaptive guaranteed performance controller for wind energy conversion system (WECS) equipped with doubly fed induction generator (DFIG). The proposed controller consists of outer loop control concerning the aeroturbine mechanical subsystem, and inner loop control concerning the electrical subsystem. As opposed to most existing studies, we are capable of quantifying and further guaranteeing the system performance on both transient and steady state stages with the help of error transformation techniques. The stability is guaranteed via standard Lyapunov synthesis. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed scheme is validated on a 1.5 MW DFIG-based wind turbine using the FAST (Fatigue, Aerodynamics, Structures, and Turbulence) simulator developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).