Abstract—The present work examines a direct torque control mutual and leakage fluxes [11-17]. Because of this reason and
strategy using a high order sliding mode controllers of a doubly- in order to realize an accurate representation of the DFIG,
fed induction generator (DFIG) incorporated in a wind energy saturation must be taken into account in their mathematic
conversion system and working in saturated state. This research modelling. Consequently, an accurate DFIG model taking into
is carried out to reach two main objectives. Firstly, in order to account the saturation effect both in mutual flux and in leakage
introduce some accuracy for the calculation of DFIG fluxes is used in this paper.
performances, an accurate model considering magnetic
saturation effect is developed. The second objective is to achieve After major advances in power electronics and material
a robust control of DFIG based wind turbine. For this purpose, a technologies, many works have presented the DFIG with
Direct Torque Control (DTC) combined with a High Order different control algorithms. One of the conventional control
Sliding Mode Control (HOSMC) is applied to the DFIG rotor schemes used actually for the DFIG-based wind turbine is the
side converter. Conventionally, the direct torque control having Direct Torque Control based on switching table and hysteresis
hysteresis comparators possesses major flux and torque ripples comparators [18]. This strategy, however, has a few
at steady-state and moreover the switching frequency varies on a disadvantages which limit its use, such as variable switching
large range. The new DTC method gives a perfect decoupling frequency and torque ripple [19, 20]. In many research works
between the flux and the torque. It also reduces ripples in these on DTC, these disadvantages are reduced by using SVM
grandeurs. Finally, simulated results show, accurate dynamic
scheme, but with the price of scarifying the robustness of the
performances, faster transient responses and more robust control
control [21].
are achieved.
To incorporate a robust DTC without torque and flux
Keywords—Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG); ripples, we propose, in the present work, a direct torque control
Magnetic saturation; Direct Torque Control (DTC); High Order based on high order sliding mode controllers (DTC-HOSMC)
Sliding Mode Controller (HOSMC) for a DFIG in saturated state. Proposed by Levant in [22] the
I. INTRODUCTION HOSMC strategy has many attractive features such as its
robustness towards parametric uncertainties of the DFIG, and
Recently, worldwide awareness for renewable energy moreover, it reduces the chattering effect.
resources has been increasing. In particular, wind energy has
been largely considered because of its economy and reliability. The present work provides the important features of the
Wind turbines contribute a certain amount of the word DTC-HOSMC and presents simulation results for a DFIG
electricity consumption [1]. They usually use a Doubly-Fed system. We compare the proposed strategy with a conventional
Induction Generator (DFIG) for the electrical energy DTC. The present paper is organized as follows: we present the
conversion process. As deduced from literature, many workers modelling of the wind turbine and the DFIG using the saturated
investigate the DFIG from diverse aspects. However, in these model in section II. In section III, the proposed DTC-HOSMC,
works, many simplifying hypotheses are considered in the is applied to control the saturated DFIG. The implementation
modelling of the DFIG, with the neglect of magnetic saturation and the results obtained from the proposed controller are
being the most important as in [1-10]. However, the shown in section IV. Finlay, it will be shown that using the
phenomenon of saturation is present in all electrical machines. developed DFIG model and the proposed controller, the
In addition, the exact calculation of the machine dynamic dynamic responses of the system can be determined accurately
performances depends considerably on the saturation of the and more precise robust control is achieved.
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II. MODELING OF WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM Where the rotor frequency ωr is given by:
The wind energy conversion system adopted in this work is
based on wind turbine driven a DFIG. In such configuration, ωr ωs ωm
the stator is directly connected to the network, whereas, the
rotor is fed by the grid via two converters (AC/DC) and The flux linkages in (5) are obtained from the following
(DC/AC). In addition, the rotor side converter (DC/AC) is used equation system:
to control independently the DFIG active and reactive powers.
sd Ls isd Lmird
A. Modeling of the wind turbine
sq Ls isq Lmirq
The mechanical power captured from the wind turbine, (7)
used in this investigation, is expressed as below: rd Lr ird Lmisd
qr Lr iqr Lmiqs
Pt 0.5CP λ,β R 2 ρ v3
The equation system in (7) is used to calculate the d and q
components of stator and rotor currents:
With:
1
R: radius of turbine (m), ρ: density of air (kg/m3), v: speed isd ( Lr sd Lm rd )
of wind (m/s) and CP: the power coefficient.
Ls Lr
1
According to [3], the power coefficient Cp is function of the isq ( Lr sq Lm rq )
Ls Lr (8)
tip speed ratio λ and the blade pitch angle β (deg), as follows:
1
i ( L Lm sd )
rd Ls Lr s rd
116 21
C p 0.5109 ( 0.4 β 5) exp ( ) 0.0068 λ i
1
( Ls rq Lm sq )
λi λi rq Ls Lr
With: With:
L2m
1 1 0.035 1 , Ls Ls Lm , Lr Lr Lm (9)
Ls Lr
λi λ 0.08 β β 3 1
The magnetizing current im is given as follows [14, 15]:
The tip speed ratio λ is given by:
Ωt R im imd
2
imq
2 (10)
λ
v
Where:
In (4) Ωt represent the rotational speed of the wind turbine.
imd isd ird , imq isq irq (11)
B. Modeling of the DFIG
Below, we develop the conventional model of the DFIG In steady state and by aligning the q-axis of synchronous
without saturation. According to this model, both mutual flux rotating reference frame on stator flux vector, the following
and leakage fluxes saturation are considered. In these models, equations can be written [2, 8]:
the DFIG is considered as a generalized wound rotor induction
machine taking the stator resistance into consideration. The Vs
latter is neglected in many works e.g. in [1-19]. ψ ds ψ s , ψ qs 0 (12)
s
1) Linear DFIG model LmVs
r Lr ird (13)
The d and q equivalents circuits for the DFIG are shown in Ls s
Fig. 1 [15]. Based in these schemas, the voltages equations of
the DFIG in the d-q synchronous referential are given by: dird
vrd Rr ird Lr dt gωs Lrirq
di (14)
d
Rs isd ψ sd ωs ψ sq v R i L rq gω L i gω LmVs
v sd dt rq r rq r
dt
s r rd s
Ls s
v d
Rs isq ψ sq ωs ψ sd LmVs
sq dt Tem p iqr (15)
Ls s
v d
Rr ird ψ rq ωr ψ rq
rd dt
d
vrq Rr irq ψ rq ωr ψ rd
dt
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2) DFIG model with saturation The saturation coefficient Ksϭ can be represented by the
Using the linear model explained in the previous section, function [11]:
we develop a DFIG model taking the mutual flux saturation
into consideration. The corresponding saturated value Lms 1 i<Isat
replaces the unsaturated mutual inductance Lm in this approach, K s (i) 2 I sat I sat (20)
(7)-(9). This saturated mutual inductance is calculated by π arcsin( i ) 0,5 sin(2 arcsin( i ) i I sat
multiplying the corresponding unsaturated value, Lm, with a
Saturation is taken into account at values of the current Isat
saturation coefficient Ksm, corresponding to the saturation state.
in the range 1,3-3 pu, that is 1,8×In–4,2×In [14,26,27].
The saturated mutual inductance Lms, which is a function of
the magnetizing current im, can be written as follows: III. DIRECT TORQUE CONTROL USING HIGH ORDER SLIDING
MODE CONTROLLERS OF DFIG
Lm im<I msat
Lms The goal of DTC-HOSMC is to regulate both the torque
K sm(i m ).Lm i m I msat
(16) and the rotor flux magnitude of the DFIG. The flux is regulated
The saturation coefficient Ksm can be represented by the using the direct axis voltage Vdr, while the torque is controlled
function [11]: using the quadrature axis voltage Vqr. The phenomenon of
chattering that represents the important problem of the
1 i m<I msat conventional sliding mode control can be very harmful for the
DFIG due the fact that the discontinuous control can cause
K sm (i m ) 2 I msat I msat
π arcsin( i ) 0,5 sin(2 arcsin( i ) i m I msat (17) overheating of the coils and the excitation of unmodelled high
m m
frequency dynamics. In [28] some solutions were proposed in
Here Imsat represents the magnetizing current at which the order to avoid this disadvantage. The main idea was to adjust
saturation starts. It is around 0.5 pu, i.e 0.7×In [14,25]. the dynamics in a small region of the discontinuity surface so
to escape the real discontinuity meanwhile conserving the
In addition, in the modelling of DFIG, the representation of major characteristics of the entire system. The lately proposed
saturation includes the variation in the stator and rotor leakage HOSMC generalizes the main sliding mode idea which acts on
inductances caused by the saturation in the leakage flux paths. the high order time derivatives of the system deviation from
The saturation in the leakage flux paths is taken into account in the constraint in place of influencing the first deviation
the model developed in previous section by replacing the derivative as in standard sliding modes [6]. In addition to
unsaturated stator and rotor leakage inductances (Lsϭ, Lrϭ) in (9) keeping the major advantages of the original technique, they
by their corresponding saturated values (Lsϭs, Lrϭs). The latter discuss the chattering effect and even represent higher accuracy
inductances are obtained by multiplying their respective in a real implementation. In HOSMC algorithm
unsaturated values by a saturation coefficient Ksϭ. This implementations, the main difficulty consists of the increase in
coefficient depends to the stator current or the rotor current. the needed information. In fact, the knowledge of
S , S, ... , S (n 1) is required to achieve an n order controller. As
th
The stator and rotor leakage inductances are given as
function of their corresponding currents as follows: an exception to all the algorithms proposed for the HOSMC,
the super-twisting algorithm needs only the information on the
Ls is<I sat sliding surface [6]. As a consequence, this algorithm has been
Lss(is ) (18) utilized for the proposed control method. As mentioned in [28],
K s (is ).Ls is I sat
the stability can be obtained for all high order sliding mode
Lr ir<I sat controllers with this algorithm. Figure 2 shows the proposed
Lrs(ir ) (19) DTC-HOSMC, which is used to control both the rotor flux and
K s (ir ).Lr ir I sat the electromagnetic torque of the DFIG.
isd Rs Lsϭs Lrϭs Rr ird In this study, the errors between reference and measured of
imd
the electromagnetic torque and the rotor flux have been chosen
as sliding mode surfaces, so the following expression can be
vsd Lms vdr written:
S r r _ ref r
(a) (21)
isq Lsϭs Lrϭs STem Tem _ ref Tem
Rs Rr irq
By substituting the rotor flux and the electromagnetic
imq torque in (21) by their expressions given, respectively, by (13)
vsq Lms vrq and (15), one obtains:
Lm
S r r réf Lr ird L s
(a) s
(22)
Fig. 1. Equivalent circuits of a DFIG: (a) on d-axis, (b) on q-axis L
ST Tem réf p m s iqrV
em Ls s s
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The first derivative of (22), gives: Ksm used in the determination of the saturated value of the
mutual inductance Lms is sketched in figure 3. Likewise, the
S r réf Lr ird consideration of the leakage flux saturation, Isat in (18)-(20)
r was assumed to be equal to 1.8×In =15.8 A, where the leakage
LmVs (23)
STem Tem réf p irq flux saturation coefficient Ksϭ is shown in figure 4.
Lss
If we replace the d and q rotor currents derivatives in (23)
by their expressions given from (14), one obtains:
S r réf vrd Rr ird g sLr irq
r
Stator Side
Converter
Vs Lm Lm (24)
STem Tem réf p vrq Rr irq g sLr ird gVs
Ls Lr Ls
DC bus
We define the functions G1 and G2 as follows:
G1 Rr irq g sLr irq r réf Rotor Side
Converter
DFIG
Vs Lm Lm (25)
G2 p Rr irq g sLr ird g s s Tem réf Grid
Ls Lr Ls Sa Sb Sc
PWM
After substituting (25) in (24), the derivative of (24) gives:
vrd vrq
S vrd G1 ψr_ref Sψr
r +- DTC-
(26)
Vr,abc
Ir,abc
Vs Lm
STem p vrq G 2 Tem_ref STem HOSMC
Ls Lr +-
Tem Flux and Torque
Basing on the super-twisting algorithm established by Levant ψr Estimation
in [22,23], the high order sliding mode controller contains two
parts:
Fig. 2. Bloc diagram of HOSMC-DTC applied to the DFIG
0.5
vrd α1 sign( S r )dt β1 S r
sign( S r )
Mutual flux saturation coefficient Ksm
1.2
(27)
0.5
V α sign( S )dt β S sign( STem )
rq 2 Tem 2 Tem
1
In order to guarantee the convergence of the sliding
manifolds to zero in set time, the constants α1, β1, α2 and β2 can
be chosen as follows [2,6,28]: 0,8
1 1
0,6
2 (1 1 )
1 4 i Imsat
(1 1 )
G (28) 0,4
1 2 0 6 10 15 20 25 30
Magnetizing current i (A)
pVs Lm m
2 2 L L Fig. 3. Mutual flux saturation coefficient Ksm
s r
2 (b)
2 pVs Lm ( 2 2 )
Leakage flux saturation coefficient Ks
1.2
2 4 2
( )
Ls Lr 2 2 (29)
G 1
2 2
0.8
IV. SIMULATION RESULTS
In this section, simulations are realized with a 7.5 KW 0.6
DFIG coupled to a (311V, 50 Hz) network, utilizing the
Matlab/Simulink environment. The parameters of the machine 0.4
Isat
are shown in Table 2.
The consideration of saturation into account for the mutual 0.2
0 15.8 40 60 80
flux of the investigated DFIG is realized by taking Imsat in (16)- Current i (A)
(17) to be equal to 0.7× In = 6 A. In this equality, In is the rated Fig. 4. Leakage flux saturation Coefficient Ksϭ
current given in Table 2. The mutual flux saturation coefficient
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present DTC-HOSMC strategy, Tem the decoupling between the r
axes is guaranteed.-10 Tem *
1.02 r *
flux (Wb)
8 1.5
B. Test of robustness
-20
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In order to check the robustness of the used DTC control 1
Cem (%)
-30
1.02
sur r (%)
Electromagnetic torque (N.m)
4
0 1.03 -10 Without parmeters variation Witout p
r
Ecart torque
r*
r 1
1.01
-2 0
Electromagnetic
-20
1 -30 0.99
-4
-30 0.99 -0.5 0.98
-6 -40 -49
0.98 0.97
-40 -8 -49 -1 -50 0.6
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 -50 0 0.2 0.4 0.8 1
0.97
-50 Time(s) Time(s)
-51
0.96
-50 0.3 0.4 0.5
0.96 0.95
-51 -60
0.3 0.4 0.5 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 0 0.2
-60 0.95
Time (s)
Electromagnetic torque (N.m)
1.01
6 -20 0.4 1
1 4 0.2
0.2
(%)
4 -30 0.99
Ecart sur r (%)
Cem (%)
0.99
Ecart sur r (%)
0
Rotor
0 0.98
2
Ecart sur Rotor
2
0.98 -40 -49
0.97 -0.2
Ecart sur C
0.2 4
Temps (s) 0.2 Temps (s)Temps (s)
Ecart sur Cem (%)
0 0
2
-0.2 -0.2
0
-0.4 -0.4
-2
-0.6 -0.6
-0.8 -4 -0.8
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Electromagnetic torque (N.m)
With paremeter variation With paremeter variation
-10
Without parameter varaition InWithout
this paper, we varaition
parameter have investigated
a Direct Torque Control
Tem * 1.02 using ar*high order sliding mode controllers. The goal of this
8 1.5
robustness test has also been realized in which the parameters
61 of the DFIG have been intentionally modified. Some
1 disturbances on the torque and flux responses have been
(%)
0.98 induced by these changes but with a major effect with the
2 conventional DTC strategy than with the proposed DTC-
0.5
0.96
0 HOSMC. On the light of these results, we conclude that the
0
robust DTC-HOSMC control method is a very attractive
0.5 -2
0.94 solution for those devices that use the saturated DFIG as
1 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
-4 happens in wind energy conversion systems.
Time(s) -0.5
-6 APPENDIX
Fig. 8. DTC-SOSMC strategy responses (robustness test)
-8
1.5 -1
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 0 0.2 0.4 0.6I. 0.8 OF SYMBOLS
1
error (%)
1
4 DTC Direct Torque Control
torque
0.5
ψds, ψqs, ψdr, ψqr d and q axis stator and rotor fluxes,
00
Electromagnetic
1 s Generator slip,
ωs, ωr Stator and rotor current frequencies (rd/s),
ωm Mechanical rotor frequency (rd/s),
0.5 Tem, Tem_ref Electromagnetic, Reference electromagnetic torque.
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