International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive System (IJPEDS) Vol. 10, No. 2, June 2019, pp. 1049~1058 ISSN: 2088-8694, DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v10.i2.pp1049-1058  1049 Journal homepage: http://iaescore.com/journals/index.php/IJPEDS Primary frequency control applied to the wind turbine based on the DFIG controlled by the ADRC Issam Minka 1 , Ahmed Essadki 2 , Sara Mensou 3 , Tamou Nasser 4 1,2,3 Electrical Engineering, Department of ENSET, Mohammed V University, Morocco 4 Department Communication Networks, Department of ENSIAS, Mohammed V University, Morocco Article Info ABSTRACT Article history: Received Dec 7, 2018 Revised Feb 27, 2019 Accepted Mar 10, 2019 In this paper, we study the primary frequency control that allows the variable speed Aeolian to participate in the frequency regulation when a failure affects the network frequency. This method based on the control of the generator rotational speed or the control of pitch angle makes it possible to force the wind turbine to produce less power than its maximum available power, consequently we will create an active power reserve. This wind turbine must inject into the grid a part of its power reserve when the frequency drops, in contrary the wind turbine reserves more of energy. So, this work presents the performances of this control strategy for the different wind speed value. The results are obtained by a simulation in the MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. Keywords: ADRC DFIG MPPT Pitch angle control Primary frequency control Wind turbine Copyright © 2019 Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science. All rights reserved. Corresponding Author: Issam Minka, Department of Electrical Engineering, ENSET Mohammed V University Rabat, Morocco. Email: issamminka@gmail.com 1. INTRODUCTION Wind energy has experienced a strong development in the last decade in the world, which leads to an increasing insertion of this energy in the electrical networks [1-4]. However, the intermittent nature and irregularity of wind generation will impact the stability of the networks and the quality of energy produced and provided to users [5-6]. This situation leads to the definition of new technical connection conditions requiring new wind farms to contribute in the same way as conventional power plants, to the system services of the electricity networks to which they are connected [5-7]. Among these services, the frequency regulation of the network. So our goal is to synthesize a command to stabilize the frequency of the network after a change of frequency caused by an imbalance between production and consumption at its reference value. This control strategy is called the primary frequency control [6]. In this work we use the Active Disturbance Rejection Control (ADRC), which allowsthe stability of the Wind Energy Conversion System (WECS) based on a Double Fed Induction Generator (DFIG), this control is applied to the Rotor Side Converter (RSC) and the Grid Side Converter (GSC) as shown in the Figure 1 [8-10]. Wealso study the frequency control strategy mentioned before in order to force the Aeolian to participate in the frequency setting,according to the operating zone of the wind turbine two control strategies are presented, the first one when the speed of rotation and the power do not exceed their maximum values, so the control of the active power of the wind turbine is made by an action on the electromagnetic torque and by the control of the turbine rotational speed,the second one when we have a high wind speed, the control of power extracted from the wind is done by an action on the angle of orientation of the blades. Finally we present the simulation results of these controls and their interpretations.