Chapter 10 - Control of Wind Turbine System

Wind power is a main pillar of renewable energy supply, as it generates clean and climate-friendly electricity. Among the mainstream wind turbine systems, the configurations of the doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) and the permanent-magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) are dominating and important in the current market. In this chapter, it starts with the configurations of the wind energy conversion system and their state-of-art control solutions. The common used control schemes (e.g., the vector control and direct control) are comprehensively evaluated based on the modeling of the generator and the power converter. The main control tasks—generator-side active power control, grid-side reactive power control, and DC-link voltage control are analyzed and demonstrated by case studies.