I am working on developing a MATLAB Simulink model of Wind turbine with PMSG followed by MPPT Boost converter. I have gone through so many literature and videos but I am not finding clear solution of the following quires:

  • Rotor speed (rad/sec) of PMSG measurement is fed to Wind turbine as input but the block input is in( p.u.) i.e. Generator speed (p.u.). Most of the literature and videos indicate the conversion with a gain of certain value between 145 to 157 not mentioning how the value is achieved.
  • Torque (p.u.) : Output of Wind turbine is fed to PMSM (Torque in Nm) through a gain without a clear idea of what is the conversion process.
  • As per my understanding and doing reverse process I found that:

  • Assuming the No. of poles of PMSM is 4 and operating frequency is 50Hz.
  • the rotor rated speed is N = 120f/P = 120 x 50 /4 = 1500 rpm.
  • converting into rad/sec = 2*Pi*N/60 = 157.096 rad/sec. (This is what most of the literature and simulation files of Math-works are using irrespective of the No. of poles originally used in PMSM block).
    • Now coming to torque (p.u.) of Wind turbine feeding as input torque (N-m) to PMSM:
  • Assuming the power of 8.5kW or whatever specified and rotor rated speed wr =157.096 rad/sec.
  • The base torque is T = P/wr = 8500/157.096 = 54.1127 N-m
  • Multiplying this Torque value to convert output torque obtained from wind turbine Tm(p.u.) to feed as input to PMSM block.(Found in most of the literature and simulation files of Math-works files)
  • My doubt here is when I tried to follow the same, I am not getting the desired output power or results.

    Kindly help me if I want to design a Wind conversion system of 10kW what should be the specifications of PMSM block.

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