Abstract
The wind energy conversion system (WEC) has been increasingly proposed to capture wind energy producing electrical power in high efficiency. One of the most important factors that has significant influence on the overall efficiency is the performance of generators in a fixed-speed wind turbine. The efficiency of the generator strongly depends on the operating speed. Therefore, the generator should be controlled to operate at the rated speed to increase the overall efficiency. In this paper, a continuously variable transmission (CVT) was employed to maintain the speed of the generator by controlling the transmission ratio. By employing a position control system based on an electro-hydraulic actuator (EHA), the speed ratio could be tuned continuously to keep the generator at rated speed. Here, an adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control (AFSC) was developed to control the proposed EHA CVT. Mathematical analysis was also carried out to investigate the global stability of the system. Finally, experiments were conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed WECs.
Funder
National Research Foundation of Korea
Subject
Energy (miscellaneous),Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Control and Optimization,Engineering (miscellaneous)
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18 articles.
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