INTERCONNECTION AND DAMPING ASSIGNMENT PASSIVITY-BASED CONTROL OF A PMSG BASED WIND TURBINE

Victor Mendes

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG

Victor Flores Mendes received the bachelor degree in control and automation engineering and master´s degree in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in 2008 and 2009, respectively. He received the Ph.D title in 2013 with the thesis developed in UFMG and Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden), Germany. Since 2013, he is with Federal University of Minas Gerais as Assistant Professor at Electrical Engineering Department. The main areas of interest are wind and photovoltaic energy conversion systems, and ac machine drives.

Abstract

The use permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSG) in wind turbines has been increasing considerably due to its efficiency, low maintenance costs and reliability. PMSG's are connected to the grid by means of frequency... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Guilherme Vianna Santos (Universidade Federal de MInas Gerais)
  2. Allan Cupertino (Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais)
  3. Seleme Isac Seleme (Universidade Federal de Minas)
  4. Victor Mendes (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG)

Topic Areas

AC-AC Power Converters , Wind Energy Conversion Systems , Non-linear Control

Session

PS-4 » Poster Session IV (11:10 - Wednesday, 2nd December, Foyer)