Integrated optimal active and reactive power control scheme for grid connected permanent magnet synchronous generator wind turbines

This research presents a novel approach for optimal active and reactive power control using permanent magnet synchronous generator with fully rated converter (PMSG-FRC). The power output variations and wind energy intermittent performance create significant challenges for power system integration, operation, and control. A fast and reliable sensorless optimal wind speed (WS) control system-based extreme learning machines and complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition with adaptive noise is developed. Also, an approximate entropy-based complexity measure is used for online WS estimation. The fuzzy controller system is used for calculating the optimal wind turbine (WT) speed, power, and torque, and then adjusts WT by the optimal speed value. Moreover, the wind farm (WF) active and reactive power controller is utilised for obtaining the active and reactive power reference values for every region/feeder. The system is applied and integrated to power system grid by using IEEE standard models, and the speed of WT is adjusted by the required active power level and the estimated WS value to increase the maximum power capture from WF. The simulations results using different cases studies and power system voltage levels have confirmed the validity and accuracy of the proposed control algorithms for practical applications and demonstrated excellent performance for power system integration. © The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2018.