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- Title
Student-tailored final year project on microcontroller-based hardware-in-the-loop speed control of a wind generator.
- Authors
Larruscain, Gorka; Tapia, Gerardo; Susperregui, Ana; Martinez, M. Itsaso
- Abstract
Student-supervisor cooperation was carried out to design the inter-subject final year project reported in this paper. According to the student feedback, this approach allowed gathering his main interests -- vector control, microcontroller programming and wind power generation -- together, therefore reinforcing his motivation towards his final year project and making him feel particularly responsible for its outcome. Microcontroller-based hardware-in-the-loop emulation made possible to combine the three afore-cited student interests. In this context, the virtual prototype of a current- controlled wind turbine-driven 2-MW permanent-magnet synchronous generator is presented, along with the pseudo-code corresponding to the permanent-magnet synchronous generator speed control algorithm programmed in an 8-bit microcontroller. In addition, tuning formulas are derived for the digital integral-proportional controllers commanding both the permanent-magnet synchronous generator current and speed. Detailed descriptions are provided in order to guarantee reproducibility. Implementation of the hardware-in-the-loop rig is also tackled, supported by illustrative results obtained when running it. The developed hardware-in-the-loop rig is considered suitable for laboratory practices of subjects like digital control and microcontroller programming.
- Subjects
STUDENT cooperatives; MICROCONTROLLERS; WIND power; ELECTRIC generators; SPEED
- Publication
International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 2018, Vol 55, Issue 3, p213
- ISSN
0020-7209
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0020720918761763