| Title |
Performance of PI Controller for Maximum Power Extraction of a Grid-Connected Wind Energy Conversion System |
| Authors |
노경수(No, Gyeong-Su) ; 류행수(Ryu, Haeng-Su) |
| Keywords |
Wind Energy Conversion System(WECS) ; Maximum Power ; Pitch Control ; D/A Inverter |
| Abstract |
This paper presents a modeling and simulation of a PI controller for maximum power extraction of a grid-connected wind energy conversion system with a link of a rectifier and an inverter. It discusses the maximum power control algorithm fnr a wind turbine and proposes, in a graphical form, the relationships of wind turbine output, rotor speed, power coefficient, tip-speed ratio with wind speed when the wind turbine is operated under the maximum power control. The control objective is to always extract maximum power from wind and transfer the power to the utility by controlling both the Pitch angle of the wind turbine blades and the inverter firing angle. Pitch control method is mechanically complicated, but the control performance is better than that of the stall regulation method. The simulation results performed on MATLAB will show the variation of generator's rotor angle and rotor speed, pitch angle, and generator output. |