Possibility of Power Electronics-Based Control Analysis of a Self-Excited Induction Generator (SEIG) for Wind Turbine and Electrolyzer Application

Abstract

A self-excited induction generator (SEIG) is very simple and robust, has a reduced unit size, is easy to implement and simple to control, and requires very little maintenance compared to other types of generators. In variable operating conditions, the SEIG requires a power electronics interface to transform from the variable frequency voltage output of the generator to a battery voltage output or the related applications. In our study, we tied the SEIG to the power electronics system comprising a diode rectifier and DC/DC converter, and then a final DC load for fuel cell applications was connected. An example of such an application is an electrolyzer where an equivalent circuit is modeled for use in this study. To accomplish the proposed system, we utilized PSCAD and MATLAB for its simulation, control, and analysis. A new system configuration considering three different wind speeds and breaker conditions is modeled and analyzed. The results show that the suggested strategies in this study would contribute to designing and analyzing a more practical power electronics interface system for a wind turbine generator with a DC load.