APERC

Abstract: The objective of this research is to make a contribution to the ongoing wind turbine research in the areas of modeling, control and implementation of wind turbines as DRs in deregulated electric power systems. A model of complete open-loop wind turbine system consisting of a rotor, a gearbox and a three-phase ac generator was developed, and it was used as a basis for the design of a feedback controller for the wind turbine. The wind turbine (rotor and gearbox) transfer function was derived and its performance was studied using the MATLAB Program. The electric generator was modeled using the synchronous generator model in the MATLAB Power System Blockset.

Keywords: wind turbine, modeling, controls, distributed resources, power