The objective of this paper is to come up with a hardware Emulator for a PMSG wind turbine which serves as a test

bench to check the control algorithms designed for WECS. This emulator will allow replicating the characteristic of a real wind turbine i.e. Torque and the Power Generate in a controlled test environment without depending on natural wind resources and actual wind turbine. It can also be used as an educational tool to teach the operation, behaviour and control of a wind turbine. The muscle of this emulator is a 1 HP induction motor coupled with an induction generator. The brain of this emulator is a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) [8] based algorithm which controls the motor. The DSP algorithm obtains the wind speed as input from the user and the real time turbine speed as a feedback. The algorithm evaluates the Tip Speed Ratio (TSR) Power Coefficient (Cp) , Blade pitch angle , Torque and Power for the specific turbine.

Among the existing renewable sources, wind energy is reaching production rates that are becoming important on the worldwide energy scene. Since the control of these wind generators is a very technical discipline, practical teaching methodologies are of special relevance. Paradoxically, in the past, the training of engineers specializing in this area has lacked the practical component represented by field tests, due to the difficulty of access to this kind of installation. This paper presents a system designed for use both in teaching and training procedures for control strategies for wind generators with doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) technology. The system includes two phases or levels of use: the first being a simulation phase based on computer models, and the second, an advanced level which allows for the conducting of tests on a laboratory scaled workbench composed of a wind turbine emulatorcoupled to an electric generator. With this equipment, the effectiveness of the wind generator regulation systems can be analyzed from the point of view of the maximum power point tracking control strategy, as well as from that of the contribution produced by the wind generator to the control of the operation of the electric grid to which it is connected.

Optimum Speed MPPT controller for PMSG Wind turbines using Scaled laboratory bench system.

A maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller for variable speed permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) wind energy conversion systems (WECS) is proposed. The proposed controller, without requiring the knowledge of wind speed, generates at its output, the optimum speed (OS) reference signal for the speed control loop of the vector controlled machine side converter control system, thus, allowing maximum power extraction. Optimum speed - power curve of the WECS, used by the controller, takes into account the changes in system efficiency while operating at different operating points due to the change in wind speed. The method proposed is based on the fact that theoptimum output power of a WECS at a certain wind speed depends upon the total

mechanical power developed by the turbine and efficiency of the WECS at the corresponding OS of rotation of the turbine. The controller requires the active power and air density as its inputs to generate optimum referencespeed. The proposed controller is validated experimentally in a variable speed direct drive PMSGWECS using a wind turbine emulator.