Hybrid Intelligent Control Method to Improve the Frequency Support Capability of Wind Energy Conversion Systems

• Main Authors: Shin Young Heo, Mun Kyeom Kim, Jin Woo Choi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2015-10-01
• Series: Energies
• Subjects: de-loaded (DL) operation; improved hill climb searching (IHCS); kinetic energy (KE) discharge; maximum power point tracking (MPPT); frequency support control
• Online Access: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/10/11430

This paper presents a hybrid intelligent control method that enables frequency support control for permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSGs) wind turbines. The proposed method for a wind energy conversion system (WECS) is designed to have PMSG modeling and full-scale back-to-back insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) converters comprising the machine and grid side. The controller of the machine side converter (MSC) and the grid side converter (GSC) are designed to achieve maximum power point tracking (MPPT) based on an improved hill climb searching (IHCS) control algorithm and de-loaded (DL) operation to obtain a power margin. Along with this comprehensive control of maximum power tracking mode based on the IHCS, a method for kinetic energy (KE) discharge control of the supporting primary frequency control scheme with DL operation is developed to regulate the short-term frequency response and maintain reliable operation of the power system. The effectiveness of the hybrid intelligent control method is verified by a numerical simulation in PSCAD/EMTDC. Simulation results show that the proposed approach can improve the frequency regulation capability in the power system.