Disturbance Observer-Based Super-Twisting SMC for Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System Under Parametric Uncertainties

Effective control of the generator’s shaft speed will ensure maximum power is captured from the wind turbines. However, the parameters of the wind energy conversion system (WECS)-based generators, including stator resistance and inductance, could change over time due to power loss, windin...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Bala Alhassan, Muhammad Auwal Shehu, Vijayakumar Gali, Ton Duc do
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description Effective control of the generator’s shaft speed will ensure maximum power is captured from the wind turbines. However, the parameters of the wind energy conversion system (WECS)-based generators, including stator resistance and inductance, could change over time due to power loss, winding degradation, or core saturation. These parametric uncertainties affect the performance of the designed controllers. Although the sliding mode controllers (SMCs) are robust to matched uncertainties, the unmatched parametric uncertainties were not effectively compensated for by the SMC. This study investigated the performance of the SMC and super-twisting SMC (ST-SMC) under unmatched uncertainties using variable wind speed. Initially, the controllers were designed with the nominal parameters of the WECS-based permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG). Then, the values of the stator resistance and inductance were changed without changing the control design to test the robustness of the controllers to unmatched uncertainties. Finally, the uncertainties were estimated by the disturbance observer and incorporated into the controllers as a compensation mechanism. The controllers were designed using the synthetic wind profile and validated with the real-wind data. The transient and overall response of the controllers were analyzed using mean-absolute error (MAE) and root-mean-square error (RMSE) of the shaft speed tracking. The results demonstrated that the uncertainty compensation-based SMC/ST-SMC approach provides satisfactory shaft speed tracking performance even under parametric uncertainties.
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spelling doaj-art-8dae9ecccf2d49c9a4180bebbb51fbf02025-01-24T00:01:28ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113110031102010.1109/ACCESS.2025.352877210838513Disturbance Observer-Based Super-Twisting SMC for Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System Under Parametric UncertaintiesAhmad Bala Alhassan0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0179-7686Muhammad Auwal Shehu1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2158-7619Vijayakumar Gali2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7935-6189Ton Duc do3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8605-2666Department of Robotics and Mechatronics, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Astana, KazakhstanDepartment of Robotics and Mechatronics, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Astana, KazakhstanDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, U.K.Department of Robotics and Mechatronics, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Astana, KazakhstanEffective control of the generator’s shaft speed will ensure maximum power is captured from the wind turbines. However, the parameters of the wind energy conversion system (WECS)-based generators, including stator resistance and inductance, could change over time due to power loss, winding degradation, or core saturation. These parametric uncertainties affect the performance of the designed controllers. Although the sliding mode controllers (SMCs) are robust to matched uncertainties, the unmatched parametric uncertainties were not effectively compensated for by the SMC. This study investigated the performance of the SMC and super-twisting SMC (ST-SMC) under unmatched uncertainties using variable wind speed. Initially, the controllers were designed with the nominal parameters of the WECS-based permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG). Then, the values of the stator resistance and inductance were changed without changing the control design to test the robustness of the controllers to unmatched uncertainties. Finally, the uncertainties were estimated by the disturbance observer and incorporated into the controllers as a compensation mechanism. The controllers were designed using the synthetic wind profile and validated with the real-wind data. The transient and overall response of the controllers were analyzed using mean-absolute error (MAE) and root-mean-square error (RMSE) of the shaft speed tracking. The results demonstrated that the uncertainty compensation-based SMC/ST-SMC approach provides satisfactory shaft speed tracking performance even under parametric uncertainties.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10838513/Disturbance observerwind speed estimationsliding mode control (SMC)uncertaintieswind energy conversion system (WECS)
spellingShingle Ahmad Bala Alhassan
Muhammad Auwal Shehu
Vijayakumar Gali
Ton Duc do
Disturbance Observer-Based Super-Twisting SMC for Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System Under Parametric Uncertainties
IEEE Access
Disturbance observer
wind speed estimation
sliding mode control (SMC)
uncertainties
wind energy conversion system (WECS)
title Disturbance Observer-Based Super-Twisting SMC for Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System Under Parametric Uncertainties
title_full Disturbance Observer-Based Super-Twisting SMC for Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System Under Parametric Uncertainties
title_fullStr Disturbance Observer-Based Super-Twisting SMC for Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System Under Parametric Uncertainties
title_full_unstemmed Disturbance Observer-Based Super-Twisting SMC for Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System Under Parametric Uncertainties
title_short Disturbance Observer-Based Super-Twisting SMC for Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System Under Parametric Uncertainties
title_sort disturbance observer based super twisting smc for variable speed wind energy conversion system under parametric uncertainties
topic Disturbance observer
wind speed estimation
sliding mode control (SMC)
uncertainties
wind energy conversion system (WECS)
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10838513/
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