An Adaptive Fuzzy Regulation of the DC-bus Voltage in Wind Energy Conversion Systems

This paper proposes a new voltage regulator of the DC-bus capacitor of a variable speed wind energy conversion system based on an adaptive fuzzy system. The change in the fuzzy rule base is done using a variable-structure direct adaptive control algorithm to achieve the pre-defined control objectives. This algorithm has two merits. First, it has a good performance in the training phase as it makes use of the initial rule base defined for the fuzzy logic controller. Second, it has a robust estimator since it depends on a variable structure technique. The adaptive nature of the new controller significantly reduces the rule base size and improves the performance.