Wind generator stability enhancement by using an adaptive artificial neural network-controlled superconducting magnetic energy storage

This paper presents a novel adaptive artificial neural network (ANN)-controlled superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) to enhance the transient stability of a grid-connected wind generator system. The control strategy of the SMES unit is developed based on cascaded control scheme of a voltage source converter and a two-quadrant DC-DC chopper using insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs). The proposed controller is used to control the duty cycle of the DC-DC chopper. Detailed modeling and control strategies of the system are presented. The effectiveness of the proposed adaptive ANN-controlled SMES is then compared with that of a conventional proportional-integral (PI)-controlled SMES. The validity of the proposed system is verified with the simulation results which are performed using the standard dynamic power system simulator PSCAD/EMTDC.