Analysis of a Control System for DFIG Wind Generators Based on the Transmission of Power References through a GSM Wireless Network: A Smart Grid Experimental Approach

Luis A. G. Gomez, Samuel C. Pereira, André L. L. F. Murari, Henrique S. Franco, Jose A. T. Altuna, Mauricio B. C. Salles, Alfeu J. S. Filho, Carlos E. Capovilla and Ivan R. S. Casella
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Luis A. G. Gomez: Laboratory of Advanced Electric Grids (Polytechnic School), University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-010, Brazil
Samuel C. Pereira: Department of Automation and Process Control, Federal Institute of São Paulo (IFSP Suzano), São Paulo 08673-010, Brazil
André L. L. F. Murari: Center for Engineering, Modeling and Applied Social Sciences (CECS), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo André 09210-580, Brazil
Henrique S. Franco: Center for Engineering, Modeling and Applied Social Sciences (CECS), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo André 09210-580, Brazil
Jose A. T. Altuna: Center for Engineering, Modeling and Applied Social Sciences (CECS), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo André 09210-580, Brazil
Mauricio B. C. Salles: Laboratory of Advanced Electric Grids (Polytechnic School), University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-010, Brazil
Alfeu J. S. Filho: Center for Engineering, Modeling and Applied Social Sciences (CECS), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo André 09210-580, Brazil
Carlos E. Capovilla: Center for Engineering, Modeling and Applied Social Sciences (CECS), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo André 09210-580, Brazil
Ivan R. S. Casella: Center for Engineering, Modeling and Applied Social Sciences (CECS), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo André 09210-580, Brazil

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: This work proposes the use of the automatic Short Message Service (SMS) of a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) network to transmit the control information to a Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) of a wind turbine, according to the Smart Grid (SG) concept. In the proposed strategy, the Control Center (CC) can remotely transmit the required power references (active and reactive) to the DFIG controller, in order to manage the power generation of the wind turbine dynamically. The proposed wireless network was developed in a Software Defined Radio (SDR) transceiver connected to an OpenBTS platform. The control information can be directly inserted in the Open Base Transceiver Station (OpenBTS) server (located at the CC) or sent by a wireless device (e.g., mobile phone) connected to the GSM network, and then transmitted to the wireless receiver at the wind turbine. The receiver on the turbine side was developed in a microcontroller board with a GSM card, and the DFIG controller was implemented in a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) board. The results of the tests showed that the DFIG can be satisfactorily controlled according to the power references, considering that they vary at low rates.

Keywords: wind power generation; renewable energy; DFIG; wireless communication; GSM; smart grid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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