Publication Type : Conference Paper
Publisher : 2017 International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy ( TAP Energy)
Source : 2017 International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy ( TAP Energy), IEEE, Kollam, India (2017)
Url : https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8397284
Keywords : alternators, DC motor alternator setup, DC motors, DC-DC Boost Converter, hill climb search, Maximum power point tracker, Maximum power point trackers, Maximum Power Point Tracking, maximum power point tracking controller, open loop wind turbine, permanent magnet generators, Permanent magnet synchronous generator, power utilization, Rectifiers, Synchronous generators, Testing, variable speed wind energy conversion system, wind power plants, Wind speed, wind turbine emulator, wind turbine maximum power point tracking, Wind turbines
Campus : Amritapuri
School : School of Engineering
Department : Electrical and Electronics
Year : 2017
Abstract : In order to maximize the power utilization from the variable speed wind energy conversion system (WECS), maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller is necessary. The system considered consists of wind turbine coupled to a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) and the output of the PMSG is given to a bridge rectifier, which is fed to the DC-DC boost converter where the duty ratio of the converter is controlled to vary the input voltage and current to track the maximum power point using the Hill Climb Search (HCS) technique. The simulation and hardware test result of the maximum power point tracker are presented and discussed. This work presents a simplified test setup to enable the testing of wind turbine maximum power point tracking by setting up an open loop wind turbine and PMSG emulator using the DC motor alternator setup without any complicated controllers.
Cite this Research Publication : A. S. Nambiar, Raja, G. M., Harindran, K., Rajan, P., Sankar, S. S., and Sankar, V. C. J., “Design and development of a maximum power point tracker and its testing setup for wind energy conversion system with laboratory level devices”, in 2017 International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy ( TAP Energy), Kollam, India, 2017.