Maximum Power Point Tracking for a Wind Energy Generation System

Wind energy is one of the most important sources of renewable energy because it has great characteristics such as being clean and easy to use. However, not all the energy received by the turbine can be transformed to electric power. To obtain maximum power extraction, many algorithms have been implemented using the different characteristics of the wind energy generation system. This paper proposes a Perturb and Observe algorithm on the angular velocity of the turbine rotor to achieve tracking of the maximum power point. A DC-DC converter (Boost Converter) was used in conjunction with the MPPT algorithm which controls its duty cycle, adjusting the input voltage to reach maximum power. The effectiveness is corroborated on PSIM under different environmental conditions.