A NOVEL DESIGN OF PI CURRENT CONTROLLER

FOR PMSG-BASED WIND TURBINE CONSIDERING

TRANSIENT PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS
AND CONTROL SATURATION

INTRODUCTION:
Electricity generation from wind has grown significantly
worldwide, and , it reached over 200 GW.This trend is driven mainly
by the reduction of wind energy conversion systems (WECS) costs,
making the generation of electricity from wind competitive with other
energy sources .The cost reduction has been possible due to the
considerable increase of the power rate of wind turbines over the last
decades, where wind turbines have reached several units of
megawatts. Most of the power converters found in WECS, more than
90%, operate with voltages less than 1 Kv,therefore, the currents
involved may exceed the current capacity of power semiconductors
available. A feasible solution for this limitation is the
parallelism,which can bring a number of advantages.The use of power
converter modules in parallel increases the overall system reliability
since, if a power converter module fails, the wind turbine still has the
ability to operate .In addition, the use of power converter modules can
increase the WECS efficiency mainly when operating in a fraction of
their nominal power. This is relevant forWECS since they have low
power capacity, around 0.3.It has been reported that the reduction of
power losses by using parallel power converters in WECS can lead to
an increase of 0.15%–0.2% in the annual energy yield. Moreover, the
use of parallel power converter modules provides a way to reduce the
grid current harmonic content or the grid-side filter.

CONVENTIONAL METHOD:

The use of parallel converter modules can result in closed paths that
give rise to zero-sequence circulating currents (ZSCCs) that degrade
the system performance.Traditional approaches to eliminate the
circulating current are the use of isolation transformers or generators
with separated windings.However, these concepts can result in a
bulky and costly system.Alternatively, the circulating currents can be
mitigated by controlling the zero-sequence voltage produced by the
converters.

DRAWBACKS:

 Low efficiency.
 High harmonic content and losses.

PROPOSED METHOD:
In grid-connected applications, a back-to-back converter is
commonly used to control the power exchange between the host grid
and the permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG)-based
wind energy conversion system (WECS) as shown in Fig.
This type of converter consists of a machine side converter (MSC)
and a grid side converter (GSC) that are interconnected through a dc-
link capacitor . The role of each converter depends on the operating
conditions, such as maximum power point tracking (MPPT), low-
voltage ride through, power oscillation damping , etc. In this paper,
the GSC is employed to regulate the dc-link voltage and the reactive
power fed to the grid to comply with the grid codes.

ADVANTAGES:

 Expanded reactive power capability limits

 High efficiency, mainly under low wind conditions where the
active power is reduced and
 Low current harmonic content.

APPLICATIONS:
 Wind energy resources
 Grid connected applications