Fatehbir Singh et al. International Journal of Recent Research Aspects ISSN: 2349-7688, Vol. 3, Issue 1, March
2016, pp. 69-72
© 2016 IJRRA All Rights Reserved page- 69-
Stabilization of voltage in Wind Energy
Conversion System using PWM Modulated
Power Filter Compensator
Fatehbir Singh
1
, Shakti Singh
2
1
Assistant Professor, EEE Department, GJGI, Banur, Patiala, India
2
Assistant Professor, EIED Department, Thapar University, Patiala, India
Abstract -The need to exploit ample renewable energy sources such as wind and solar is growing due to world energy
shortage, financial and environmental pollution concerns. Wind energy has become one of the important alternatives
because of its abundance and the strong thrust for its commercialization. However, the voltage stabilization problem of a
wind energy system is dependent on changing wind conditions and varying electric load conditions. In this paper a PWM
MPFC controller is designed .This PWM MPFC Controller is used to stabilize the varying wind energy output. The
proposed controller is tested on system using Matlab Simulink Environment. The Results are compared with results
obtained without controller PWM MPFC controller provides better stabilization of voltage as compared to results
obtained without controller
Index Terms: - Chaos based SVPWM, MPFC, PWM, Wind energy, Voltage stabilization,
I. INTRODUCTION
Use of electricity generation from renewable energy sources
increased rapidly in the last decade as industrial sector become
more aware about fossil fuel shortages and their environmental
impacts. Wind energy is important source of electricity as it
directly converts kinetic energy of air mass into electricity [1].
Wind energy Conversion systems are environmental friendly
systems and is best suitable option among renewable energy
resources, power generated is dependent on the wind speed.
The generator is important part of WECS [2]. Induction
Generator has been most frequently used in wind energy
conversion system. The advantages of using Induction
Generator over synchronous generator or doubly fed induction
generator are its low unit cost, ruggedness and less
maintenance. Due to its constant speed operation and variable
wind speed, the power fluctuations are main problem in
standalone system or in hybrid system [3]. Voltage stability is
a major problem for standalone wind energy conversion
scheme employing induction generator, under severe wind
variation and dynamic load variation. So a novel stabilization
scheme is used to ensure the voltage stability, efficient power
utilization and boosts power Quality for a stand-alone wind
energy conversion scheme [4]. In order to improve the power
quality issue in the distribution systems that are combined
with distributed generation (DG), a switched modulated power
filter compensator (MPFC) which is driven by a Tri-loop Error
Controller is used. MPFC Controller consist of following
elements: Tri- loop dynamic error driven controller, three
phase diode bridge, switched capacitor, PWM controlled ideal
switches ,resistance and inductance[5]. Fig.1 shows equivalent
circuit diagram of MPFC Controller.
Fig.1. MPFC Controller [5].
With switch S
1
in open condition and switch S
2
closed, the
resistor and inductor will form the part of the circuit and the
capacitor forms a low-pass filter with the inductor through the
diode bridge. If switch S1 is in closed position and switch S2
is opened, the resistor and inductor will not present in the
circuit and the capacitor bank will form a capacitive
admittance and provide reactive power to the utility grid [6].In
order to control these IGBT switches a novel tri-loop driven
PID controller is used. The tri-loop error driven controller
consists of three basic loops. The main loop is a voltage
stabilization loop, second loop consist of current stabilization
loop and third loop consist of supplementary power loop to
keep a near maximum energy utilization under varying wind
and load condition The voltage loop keep the voltage of
system at 1p.u and current loop keep the current at 1p.u.[1].
II. WIND INDUCTION GENERATOR TEST SYSTEM
Fig.2. shows sample study system of WECS. Sample study
system consists of wind turbine which is mechanically coupled
to asynchronous generator which produces electrical energy
output, this electrical energy is stepped up using step up