STAND-ALONE WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM WITH MAXIMUM POWER TRANSFER CONTROL

a controlled wind generation system for a stand alone application is presented in this paper. a cascaded step-up/step-down power electronic converters topology is proposed to control the wind power system in the whole wind speed range. for the low wind speed range, the control strategy is aimed to follow the wind turbine？s maximal power coefficient by adjusting the generator？s rotational speed. for high wind speeds, the system power regulation is also made by controlling the generator speed. this control is made by the dc/dc power electronic converter, which modifies its input voltage, changing the machine voltage and consequently varying the generator？s rotor speed. the proposed system is validated by computer simulation. the proposed control system shows a good performance for its application in autonomous wind energy systems.