Analysis of PMSG Based Wind Energy Conversion System using MATLAB/Simulink

Abstract

This paper presents study on a variable wind turbine equipped with a permanent magnet synchronous generator. At different wind speeds, the PMSG based wind energy system’s performance is presented. It has good performance, especially at low wind speeds and its voltage harmonics are lower than fixed speed turbines. This system model was verified using MATLAB/Simulink.

Keywords: permanent magnet, synchronous generator, wind energy conversion system, wind turbine