Visible to the public Sliding Mode Rotational Speed Control of an Oscillating Water Column-based Wave Generation Power Plants

TitleSliding Mode Rotational Speed Control of an Oscillating Water Column-based Wave Generation Power Plants
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsM'zoughi, Fares, Garrido, Aitor J., Garrido, Izaskun, Bouallègue, Soufiene, Ayadi, Mounir
Conference Name2018 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM)
PublisherIEEE
ISBN Number978-1-5386-4941-1
Keywordsangular velocity control, asynchronous generators, Atmospheric modeling, back-to-back converter, composability, DFIG, doubly fed induction generator, Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG), Doubly fed induction generators, machine vector control, Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT), Metrics, NEREIDA wave generation power plant, oscillating behaviors, Oscillating Water Column (OWC), oscillating water column-based wave generation power plants, power convertors, power generation, power generation control, privacy, pubcrawl, Reactive power, resilience, Resiliency, Rotational speed control, rotor side converter, Rotors, RSC, Sliding Mode Control (SMC), sliding mode rotational speed control, stalling behavior, Stators, Turbines, variable structure systems, Velocity control, Wave energy, wave power generation, wave power plants, Wells turbine
Abstract

This paper deals with the modeling and control of the NEREIDA wave generation power plant installed in Mutriku, Spain. This kind of Oscillating Water Column (OWC) plants usually employ a Wells turbine coupled to a Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG). The stalling behavior of the Wells turbine limits the generated power. In this context, a sliding mode rotational speed control is proposed to help avoiding this phenomenon. This will regulate the speed by means of the Rotor Side Converter (RSC) of the Back-to-Back converter governing the generator. The results of the comparative study show that the proposed control provides a higher generated power compared to the uncontrolled case.

URLhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8445229
DOI10.1109/SPEEDAM.2018.8445229
Citation Keymzoughi_sliding_2018