Doubly Fed Induction Generators ─ Control for Wind Energy

Addresses a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) control used for wind energy by means of nonlinear and adaptive control techniques and presents different control schemes for automatic control of the RSC and GSC. In order to test their performance, all the controllers presented in this book are tested in a laboratory prototype and comparisons between them are done by means of statistical measures applied to the control objectives. This book is the first one dedicated to discuss the design of control algorithms for doubly fed induction generators using sliding modes, inverse optimal control and neural networks; additionally and includes real-time implementations.

Dr. Edgar N. Sanchez was born in 1949, in Sardinata, Colombia, South America. He obtained the BSEE, major in Power Systems, from Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), Bucaramanga, Colombia in 1971, the MSEE from CINVESTAV-IPN (Advanced Studies and Research Center of the National Polytechnic Institute), major in Automatic Control, Mexico City, Mexico, in 1974 and the Docteur Ingenieur degree in Automatic Control from Institut Nationale Polytechnique de Grenoble, France in 1980. Since January 1997, he has been with CINVESTAV-IPN, Guadalajara Campus, Mexico. He was granted an USA National Research Council Award as a research associate at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA (January 1985 to March 1987). He is also member of the Mexican National Research System (promoted to highest rank, III, in 2005), the Mexican Academy of Science and the Mexican Academy of Engineering. He has also been member of many international conferences IPCs, both IEEE and IFAC ones. His research interest center in Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic as applied to Automatic Control systems.

Dr. Riemann Ruiz-Cruz was born in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, in 1983. He received the B.Sc degree from Instituto Tecnologico de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, in 2006, and the M.Sc degree and the phD degree in the electrical engineering from the Advanced Studies and Research Center of the National Polytechnic Institute, Campus Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2009 and 2013 respectively. Since 2012 he has been with Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO), where he is currently a professor of Electrical Engineering graduate programs. His research interests center on neural control, block control, inverse optimal control, discrete-time sliding modes, and their applications to electrical machines and power systems.