A real-time simulation system of wind power based on LabVIEW DSC module and Matlab/Simulink

The paper successful integrates LabVIEW DSC module and Matlab/Simulink with wind power generation strategy to develop a real-time simulation system of wind power. With this system, a whole process of wind power generation can be viewed easily, legibly and intuitively. So that this system could be used for academical research without the cost of wind turbine and other devices in lab, and for industry training in wind plant without potential danger of checking huge wind device on the spot. Using LabVIEW simulation inferface toolkit (SIT), the system allows communicating with, and controlling wind power Simulink model. The system could also do the functions of acquiring data from simulink model by NI probe, monitoring and analysing real-time wind power data, transferring data between different monitoring interfaces via NTPSP technology, storing data to Citadel Database and inquiring history data and alarm data by Shared Variables. Moreover, Matlab real-time workshop is used to longer the time of model simulation as to satisfy the need of supervisory and control. The experimental results confirms the performance of the real-time simulation system with the advantage of fast-to-develop, easy-to-use, high speed data transmission and high efficiency.