Emulation of a 1 MW Wind Turbine System with a Separately Excited: DC Motor Using MATLAB-SIMULINK

Power generation based on wind energy has become a significant component in modern power system which has caused substantial increase in the wind power based research. In order to study the functionality of a Wind Turbine, this paper presents an emulation system that replicates the behavior of a real wind turbine for the purpose of creating a convenient test set to be used in a laboratory environment. The goal of the proposed model is to design, build, and test a wind turbine emulator capable of modeling the behavior of a 1 MW Wind Turbine. First, a mathematical model was developed using one of Power coefficient expression given for a 1 MW Wind Turbine. Then, the Model was implemented in a software simulation along with DC Motor acting as the Wind Turbine. The effectiveness of the developed model was found feasible as the simulation results of the developed wind turbine system verified the high feasibility and good performance.