Finite Speed-Set Model Reference Adaptive System Based on Sensorless Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generators for Wind Turbines

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel finite speed-set model reference adaptive system (FSS-MRAS) based on the current predictive control (CPC) of a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) in wind energy turbine systems (WETSs). The mathematical models of wind energy systems (WESs) coupled with a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) are presented in addition to the implementation of the CPC of PMSGs. The proposed FSS-MRAS is based on eliminating the tuning burden of the conventional MRAS by using a limited set of speeds of the PMSG rotor that are employed to predict the rotor speed of the generator. Consequently, the optimal speed of the rotor is the one resulting from the optimization of a proposed new cost function. Accordingly, the conventional MRAS controller is eliminated and the main disadvantage represented in the tuning burden of the constant-gain proportional-integral (PI) controller has been overcome. The proposed FSS-MRAS observer is validated using MATLAB/Simulink (R2023b) at different operating conditions. The results of the proposed FSS-MRAS have been compared with those of the conventional MRAS, which proved the high robustness and reliability of the proposed observer.