Double Fed Induction Generator Control Design Based on a Fuzzy Logic Controller for an Oscillating Water Column System

Cristian Napole; Oscar Barambones; Mohamed Derbeli; José Antonio Cortajarena; Isidro Calvo; Patxi Alkorta; Pablo Fernandez Bustamante

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LAPSE:2023.32945

Double Fed Induction Generator Control Design Based on a Fuzzy Logic Controller for an Oscillating Water Column System

Cristian Napole, Oscar Barambones, Mohamed Derbeli, José Antonio Cortajarena, Isidro Calvo, Patxi Alkorta, Pablo Fernandez Bustamante

April 20, 2023

Oscillating water column (OWC) systems are water power generation plants that transform wave kinetic energy into electrical energy by a surrounded air column in a chamber that changes its pressure through the waves motion. The chamber pressure output spins a Wells turbine that is linked to a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG), flexible devices that adjust the turbine speed to increase the efficiency. However, there are different nonlinearities associated with these systems such as weather conditions, uncertainties, and turbine stalling phenomenon. In this research, a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) combined with an airflow reference generator (ARG) was designed and validated in a simulation environment to display the efficiency enhancement of an OWC system by the regulation of the turbine speed. Results show that the proposed framework not only increased the system output power, but the stalling is also avoided under different pressure profiles.

Record ID

LAPSE:2023.32945

Keywords

DFIG, fuzzy logic control, marine energy, OWC, reference follower, Renewable and Sustainable Energy, wave energy systems, wave power

Subject

Energy Systems

Suggested Citation

Napole C, Barambones O, Derbeli M, Cortajarena JA, Calvo I, Alkorta P, Bustamante PF. Double Fed Induction Generator Control Design Based on a Fuzzy Logic Controller for an Oscillating Water Column System. (2023). LAPSE:2023.32945

Author Affiliations

Napole C: System Engineering and Automation Deparment, Faculty of Engineering of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country University (UPV/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain [ORCID]
Barambones O: System Engineering and Automation Deparment, Faculty of Engineering of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country University (UPV/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain [ORCID]
Derbeli M: System Engineering and Automation Deparment, Faculty of Engineering of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country University (UPV/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain [ORCID]
Cortajarena JA: System Engineering and Automation Deparment, Faculty of Engineering of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country University (UPV/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain [ORCID]
Calvo I: System Engineering and Automation Deparment, Faculty of Engineering of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country University (UPV/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain [ORCID]
Alkorta P: System Engineering and Automation Deparment, Faculty of Engineering of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country University (UPV/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain [ORCID]
Bustamante PF: System Engineering and Automation Deparment, Faculty of Engineering of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country University (UPV/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Journal Name

Energies

Volume

14

Issue

12

First Page

3499

Year

2021

Publication Date

2021-06-12