| publication name | Direct Torque Control and Direct Power Control with Multilevel Converters for Variable Speed Wind Turbines |
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| Authors | Ahmed Abd Elsattar;Ahmed M. Atallah |
| year | 2016 |
| keywords | Direct Torque Control; Direct Power Control ; Multilevel Converter ; Variable Speed Wind Turbines ; Machine Side Converter. |
| journal | 2016 Eighteenth International Middle East Power Systems Conference (MEPCON) |
| volume | Not Available |
| issue | Not Available |
| pages | 480 - 489 |
| publisher | IEEE |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7836934/ |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
This paper presents WECS (wind energy conversion system) installed with BTB (back-to-back) medium voltage diode clamped five-level converter and SCIG (Squirrel-Cage- Induction-Generator) for a large capacity wind turbine (5MW). The DTC (direct torque control) has been used for the machine side diode clamped five-level converter. The use of DTC with the MLC (multilevel converter) gives a better performance of SCIG (flux, torque, current and speed) to improve the energy efficiency of a variable speed WECS. Utility-grid side diode clamped five-level converter uses the DPC (direct power control) technique. This technique is used to improve the performance of the delivered power flowing from the dc-link to the electric utility-grid (decrease ripples of the DC-link voltage, decrease THD (total-harmonic-distortion) and improve the power factor of the injected power to the utility-grid). The proposed system simulation is done using Matlab/SimulinkSimscape Power Systems to compare this system and the classical two-level converter.