Performance Analysis and Enhancement of Direct Power Control of DFIG Based Wind System
Performance Analysis and Enhancement of Direct Power Control of DFIG Based Wind System
Corresponding Author:
Mohamed Amine Beniss
Electrical Department
Intelligent systems, geosources and renewable energy laboratory
Faculty of Sciences and Technologies
Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
Email: [email protected]
1. INTRODUCTION
In the last few decades, the dangers of fossil fuel exhaustion have led research centers and
companies involved in the field of renewable energy to offer more affordable and less expensive technical
solutions. Among these solutions, the doubly fed induction generators (DFIG) which is become extensively
employed in the wind power generation systems. This is due to their remarkable characteristics compared to
the permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) [1]. Some of these characteristics are the adaptability
with variable wind speed by simply changing the rotor operating frequency and the regulation of the active
and reactive power injected into the grid. Also, the converter related to the rotor is designed to support energy
exchange rates between 25% and 30% of the generator's global energy [2]. Many research works have
addressed the control of DFIG, the most known strategies are the field-oriented control (FOC), the direct
torque control (DTC) and the direct power control (DPC) [3], [4].
The first method has some difficulties, among them, the necessity to use coordinate transformations,
the current PI regulators must be tuned and they depend strongly on DFIG parameters, in other words, this
method is not robust. The DTC strategy has been introduced in the aim to overcome these problems [5]. It is
known for being performing, robust and less sensitive to parameters variations of the DFIG. Unfortunately,
the high ripple in developed torque and power, in addition to the non-constant switching frequency led to a
non-linear behavior in the torque and the power hysteresis comparators. The progress of power electronics
permitted the emergence of rapid switches, this has enabled the development of new control strategies such
as the direct power control (DPC) Figure 1 [12], [3]. This method has mitigated considerably the problems
mentioned.
P,Q
Wind GRID
GEARBOX STATOR
TRANSFORMER
DFIG
RSC GSC
P,Q ROTOR
DC link
β Ωm
Pitch Control Sa Sb Sc
Direct Power
Control
Test A
Pref
Qref=0
CPmax Pref
Test B
MPPT
λOpt Qref=0
The existing DPC strategies are classified into two major categories; the voltage-based DPC and
virtual flux-based DPC [6]. Figure 2 gives more details about the different sub-classes of these control
strategies. Our proposal aims to analyze and enhance the performances of classical DPC. Also, the
assessment of the DFIG response to a variable wind profile [7].
This paper aims generally the study of the direct power control strategy (reactive-active) applied to
the rotor-side converter (RSC). The main contributions of this work are, a) design of direct power control
strategy that ensures a high level of performances, b) guarantee the extraction of the maximum power and
reaching a unit power factor by a decoupled control of active and reactive powers, and c) applying a fixed
and aleatory wind profile to wind energy conversion system to assess its capability in different usage
situations.
The remainder of this article is organized as follows: First, Section 2 presents the model of the
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studied wind energy conversion system. Then, section 3 describes the adopted DPC strategy. After that,
Section 4 discusses the simulation results. Finally, section 5 provides some conclusions of this work.
1
PV = S V 3 (1)
2
where ρ refer to the air density, while S represents the area of the wind wheel, V denotes wind speed.
The formula expresses the mechanical power gained by the turbine from the aerodynamic input
power.
1
Pmec = CP ( , ) PV = CP ( , ) S V 3 (2)
2
Where the coefficient CP represents the efficiency of the wind turbine blades. It is a function of λ and β which
refer respectively to the tip speed ratio and the blade pitch angle. The parameter λ can be obtained by
using (3).
t R
=
V (3)
With:
R: the blade radius.
t : The angular speed of the turbine.
The function CP can be approximated by this well-known expression [1], [8].
( + 0.1) (4)
CP = 0.5 − 0.0167 ( − 2)) sin( )
10.5 − 0.3 ( − 2)
The coefficient CP reaches it maximum value CPmax=0.4998 when β=0 degree and λ=8.095. Based
on this point one can define the rotor speed that corresponds to the (MPPT) [9]. Figure 3 depicts the time
variation of the power coefficient CP. This result has been obtained after the simulation of our system, the
simulation curve of CP Figure 3 proves the robustness of our MPPT algorithm. The CP maximum value is
maintained at about 0.4985 despite the variation of the wind speed [8], [11].
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DFIG, in order to simplify the control of the DFIG we have to model the system in the two-phase reference
Figure 4 [12]. By using Park transformation, we convert the three-phase representation of the system to
another one in the d-q frame. Thus, the overall electrical model can be obtained. The explain this clearly [3],
[13], [14].
− Voltages across the stator terminals
d sd
Vsd = Rs .isd + − s . sq (5)
dt
V = R .i + d sq + .
sq s sq
dt
s sd
d rd
Vrd = Rr .ird + − r . rq (6)
dt
V = R .i + d rq + .
rq r rq
dt
r rd
With: s − r = m
The basic magnetic equations related to the flux expressions in the reference frame (d, q) are given
as.
− Flux at the stator
sd = Ls isd + M .ird
(7)
sq = Ls isq + M .irq
rd = Lr ird + M .isd
(9)
rq = Lr irq + M .isq
The electromagnetic torque expression as a function of the rotor flux and the rotor currents is given
by [15].
3
Cem = p(Irq rd − I rd rq ) (9)
2
d mec (10)
Cm − Cem − f v mec = J
dt
Where Cm, fv and J are respectively the mechanical torque applied to the DFIG, the viscous friction and the
wind turbine inertia.
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Var 2 −1 −1 S1
UC −1 2 −1 S
Vbr = 3 2
Vcr −1 −1 2 S3
Where, Var, Vbr, and Vcr are are the output voltages of the inverter.
It is underlined here that the switches states can be represented by three Boolean variables such as,
a) Si = l if 𝑇̄𝑖 is closed and 𝑇𝑖 is open, and b) Si = 0 if 𝑇̄𝑖 is open and 𝑇𝑖 is closed. With (𝑖 = 1,2,3).
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Figure 7 displays all possible orientations of the voltage applied to the rotor. It is noticed that there are eight
different voltage possibilities two of them are zero vectors (𝑉0 and 𝑉7 ).
At this stage, we establish the mathematical relationship between rotor flux and voltage in the d-q
reference frame.
d rr
Vrr = Rr ir r + (12)
dt
For the sake of simplicity, we neglect the rotor resistance for the high and medium power machines (6).
d rr
Vrr = (13)
dt
Knowing that both simulation platforms and electronic calculation units work in discrete time. The (6) needs
to be discretized. Therefore, applying this process to (6) yields.
T0
We obtain:
The (16) and (17) give the expression of stator active and reactive powers in the d-q reference frame,
respectively.
3
Ps = (Vsd I sd + Vsd I sq ) (16)
2
3
Qs = (Vsd I sd − Vsd I sq ) (17)
2
After the development and simplification of the equations mentioned before, we can obtain the
results [13].
Ps = K1 r sin ( ) (18)
Qs = K 2 K 3 − r cos ( ) (19)
K1 , K 2 and K 3 are constant parameters of appropriate dimensions. It is remarkable that changing r sin ( )
and r cos ( ) will influence Ps and Qs . Figure 8 graphically explains the equations. It clearly shows how
the rotor voltage vector can modify the direction and magnitude of the rotor flux. The module and the phase
of the rotor flux in the d-q reference frame are provided by.
rd
r = arctan (19)
rq
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Figure 7. Voltage vectors delivered by the Figure 8. Vector diagram describing some possibilities
inverter for changing the location of the rotor flux
if Q Q SQ = 1
if − Q (21)
Q Q and 0 SQ = 0
Q
dt
if − Q
Q Q and 0 SQ = 1
Q
dt
if Q − Q SQ = 0
While to control the active power PS we use Three-level hysteresis regulator as displayed by Figure 10. In
this case, the function SP can take three values: if “1” increase Ps ,”-1” decrease Ps , and “0” to hold PS. The
algorithm contains the instructions that govern the functioning of the three-level:
if P P S P = 1
if 0 P P and P 0 S P = 0
dt (22)
Q
if 0 P P and 0 SP = 1
dt
if P − p S P = −1
P
if − p P 0 and 0 SP = 0
dt
P
if − P P 0 and 0 S P = −1
dt
Figure 9. Hysteresis reactive power controller. Figure 10. Hysteresis active power controller.
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4. SIMULATION
Table 2 shows in details the DFIG parameters used in this simulation. In this section, a 7.5KW
DFIG have been simulated by MATLAB/Simulink. In order to observe the regulation behavior of our system
Figure 1, two main tests have been applied, a) fixed wind profile operation mode and b) aleatory wind profile
with MPPT control operation mode.
Figure 11. Profile of the stator active power Figure 12. Profile of the stator reactive power
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Figure 13. Stator current versus time Figure 14. Variation of the rotor speed
4.2. Aleatory wind profile with MPPT control operation mode (test b)
In the results of the second test, the reference of the reactive power Figure 17 is set zero to ensure a
unit power factor in the stator side and to optimize the quality of the energy delivered to the grid. While the
reference of the active Figure 18 power makes it possible to keep the power coefficient of the wind turbine
optimal whatever the wind speed Figure 16, these results are obtained thanks to the use of the MPPT
technique. In Figure 19 displays the waveform of stator currents, we notice that the current magnitude varies
as predicted, and the current frequency is reasonable. In Figure 20 exhibits that the mechanical speed follows
the desired value computed based on the wind speed. With significant variations around the reference. This is
because of the fast variations of the wind when we compare it to the generator dynamic. For the (Figure 21)
shows, the electromagnetic torque of the generator varies according to that of the turbine that is a function of
the wind speed.
Figure 16. Wind speed profile Figure 17. Profile of the stator reactive power
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Figure 18. Profile of the stator active power Figure 19. Stator current versus time
Figure 20. Time variation of the rotor speed Figure 21. Time variation of the electromagnetic
torque
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