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Design and development of a maximum power point tracker and its testing setup for wind energy conversion system with laboratory level devices

Publication Type : Conference Proceedings

Publisher : IEEE

Source : IEEE International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy( TAP Energy 2017)

Url : https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8397284

Campus : Amritapuri

School : School of Engineering

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 : Archana S Nambiar, Gayathri M Raja, Krishna Harindran, Preethi Rajan, Shilpa Sankar S, Jishnu Sankar V C”Design and Development of A Maximum PowerPoint Tracker and Its Testing Setup for Wind Energy Conversion System with Laboratory Level Devices” IEEE International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy( TAP Energy 2017)Dec 21-23

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