TY - GEN
T1 - Maximum power point tracker for small wind turbines including harmonic mitigation
AU - Adegas, Fabiano Daher
AU - Alé, Jorge Antonio Villar
AU - Dos Reis, Fernando Soares
AU - Da Silva Simioni, Gabriel Cirilo
AU - Tonkoski, Reinaldo
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Small wind turbines generators (SWTG) often use a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) and a bridge rectifier for battery charging. With this simple load scheme, the wind turbine does not operate in its maximum electrical power in all operating conditions, and voltage and current harmonics flows in PMSG stator, increasing heating and electrical losses. In this work, it is proposed a system for a SWTG with two main characteristics: maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and power factor correction (PFC) of PMSG. Proposed system is simulated in PSIM® software, with a dynamic SWTG model. A bench test, which simulates the behavior of a SWTG, is developed for testing the proposed system in laboratory. Results show that proposed system increase power generated by PMSG and at the same time decreases harmonic content of voltage and current on the stator.
AB - Small wind turbines generators (SWTG) often use a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) and a bridge rectifier for battery charging. With this simple load scheme, the wind turbine does not operate in its maximum electrical power in all operating conditions, and voltage and current harmonics flows in PMSG stator, increasing heating and electrical losses. In this work, it is proposed a system for a SWTG with two main characteristics: maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and power factor correction (PFC) of PMSG. Proposed system is simulated in PSIM® software, with a dynamic SWTG model. A bench test, which simulates the behavior of a SWTG, is developed for testing the proposed system in laboratory. Results show that proposed system increase power generated by PMSG and at the same time decreases harmonic content of voltage and current on the stator.
KW - Harmonics
KW - MPPT
KW - PFCs
KW - Renewable energy
KW - Small wind generators
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84876578651
SN - 9781622764679
T3 - European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2006, EWEC 2006
SP - 2090
EP - 2099
BT - European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2006, EWEC 2006
T2 - European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2006, EWEC 2006
Y2 - 27 February 2006 through 2 March 2006
ER -
