Adaptive fuzzy regulation of the DC-bus capacitor voltage in a wind energy conversion system (WECS)

This paper proposes a new voltage regulator of the DC-bus capacitor of a variable speed wind power generation system based on 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 variable structure technique. The adaptive nature of the new controller significantly reduces the rule base size and improves its performance. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd.