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High-gain observer-based sensorless control of a flywheel energy storage system for integration with a grid-connected variable-speed wind generator

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This paper introduces an induction machine-based flywheel energy storage system (FESS) for direct integration with a variable-speed wind generator (VSWG). The aim is to connect the FESS at the DC bus level of a permanent magnet synchronous generator-based VSWG in order to stabilize the DC bus voltage as well as the power flowing into the grid. A rotor flux-oriented control strategy is proposed for the FESS converter based on the actual speed of the flywheel rotor. Since mechanical speed sensors are prone to failure and increase the maintenance cost of the system, a sensorless technique is proposed to estimate the rotor speed through a specially synthesized high-gain observer (HGO). The proposed observer achieves accurate tracking of the flywheel speed and flux and reduces the adverse effects of variations in the rated rotor resistance. Simulation results obtained using the MATLAB-Simulink environment are presented to illustrate the theoretical synthesis and analysis of the proposed FOC and sensorless HGO control strategies.

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  1. Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering at Yanbu, Taibah University, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

    M. Mansour & S. Bendoukha

  2. Research Unit of Industrial Systems Study and Renewable Energy, Electrical Engineering Department, National Engineering School of Monastir, University of Monastir, Avenue Ibn El Jazzar, 5019, Monastir, Tunisia

    M. Mansour, S. Hadj Saïd, M. N. Mansouri & M. F. Mimouni

  3. College of Computer Science and Engineering at Yanbu, Taibah University, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

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Appendix: IM, flywheel, and DC bus parameters

Appendix: IM, flywheel, and DC bus parameters

  • Nominal power \(P_{n}=660\) kW.

  • Nominal voltage \(V_{n}=690\)V.

  • Nominal rotational speed \(N_{n}=1500\) rpm.

  • Number of pole pairs \(p=2\).

  • Stator resistance \(R_\mathrm{s}=14.6\) m\(\varOmega \).

  • Rotor resistance \(R_\mathrm{r}=23.8\) m\(\varOmega \).

  • Stator inductance \(L_\mathrm{s}=30.6\) mH.

  • Rotor inductance \(L_\mathrm{r}=30.3\) mH.

  • Mutual inductance \(M=29.9\) mH.

  • FESS inertia (Flywheel + IM) \(J_\mathrm{f}=1097.95\,\hbox {kg\,m}^{2}\).

  • Viscous friction coefficient \(f_\mathrm{f}=0.00646412\,\hbox {Nm\,rad\,s}^{-1}\).

  • DC bus voltage \(V_\mathrm{dc}=1500\) V.

  • Equivalent capacitance \(C=10\) mF.

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Mansour, M., Hadj Saïd, S., Bendoukha, S. et al. High-gain observer-based sensorless control of a flywheel energy storage system for integration with a grid-connected variable-speed wind generator. Soft Comput 24, 10585–10596 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-019-04564-5

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