2.4.4. Power converter modeling ...................
2.5. Control Strategies for a Wind Turbine Generator System ............
2.5.1. Pitch angle control ..........
2.5.2. Maximum power point tracking control..............
2.5.2.1. conventional control schemes ................
2.5.2.2. intelligent control ..........
2.5.2.3. Other control strategies ..............
2.5.3. DFIG control
2.5.3.1. field oriented control ................
2.5.3.2. Direct torque/power control ...........
2.5.3.3. Other control strategies .....................
2.6. Power Converter Topologies for a Wind Turbine Generator System ................
2.6.1. multi-level converters ...
2.6.2. Matrix converters ...............
2.7. DFIG Grid Synchronization ..............
Chapter 3 .....................................
A Modified MRAS Observer for Sensorless Control of a Wind Driven DFIG Connected to Grid ....................3.1. Introduction ..............................................
3.2. Description of The System Under Study ..............................
3.3. Dynamic Modeling of a Wind Turbine DFIG System ............
3.3.1. Aerodynamic wind turbine model .....................................
3.3.2. Dynamic Model of a DFIG Taking Iron Losses and Magnetic Saturation into Consideration
3.3.3. DC link model ........................
3.4. Vector Control of a DFIG for Grid connected Operations ....
3.5. Speed Estimation Based on the Modified MRAS Observer ..............
3.6. Configuration of Complete System .......................
3.7. Results and Discussions ................................................
Conclusions and suggestions for Future Work ...............................................................
Adel A. Elbaset is an Associate Professor in Power Electronics at the Faculty of engineering, Minia University (Egypt). His research interests are in the area of renewable energy sources, power electronics, power system protection and control, power quality and harmonics, neural network and fuzzy systems.