This work develops a real‐time implementation on the DSPACE environment of an adaptive non‐linear control strategy for a wind energy conversion system (WECS) based on the doubly‐fed induction generator (DFIG). The DSPACE‐DS1104 board is directly associated with an experimental bench of a wind power system. The non‐linear backstepping controller has been realised to control the active and reactive powers of the DFIG connected directly to the electricity grid via two converters (grid side and machine side). First, a full review of the WECS is discussed. Subsequently, a detailed description of the backstepping control laws based on the Lyapunov stability technique is reported. Consequently, a simulation on the Matlab & Simulink environment was carried out to test the proposed control model in terms of performance and robustness. The second part of this work was devoted to the experimental validation of the adaptive backstepping control algorithm on a test bench to prove its efficiency. The results obtained show a perfect correlation between simulations and experiments (in static and dynamic regime) even for fluctuating wind speed.

With the development of wind power generation in recent years, several studies have dealt with the active and reactive power control of wind power systems, along with the quality of energy produced and the connection to distribution networks. In this context, this research proposes a new contribution to the field. The major objective of this work is the development of a nonlinear adaptive backstepping control technique applied to a DFIG based wind system and an optimization technique that uses the rooted tree optimization (RTO) algorithm. The backstepping control strategy is based on the Lyapunov nonlinear technique to guarantee the stability of the system. It is applied to the two converters (i.e., machine and network sides) and subsequently improved with estimators to make the proposed system robust to parametric variation. The RTO technique is based on monitoring the behavior of the underlying foundation of trees in search of underground water in accordance with the level of underground control. The solution proposed for the control is validated using two methods: (1) a simulation on MATLAB/Simulink to test the continuation of the reference (real wind speed) and the robustness of the system and (2) a real-time implementation on a dSPACE-DS1104 board connected to an experimental bench in a laboratory. Simulation and experimental results highlight the validation of the proposed model with better performance compared with other control techniques, such as sliding mode control, direct power control, and field-oriented control.

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In recent years, regulating a wind energy conversion system (WECS) under fluctuating wind speed and enhancing the quality of the electricity provided to the grid has become a hard challenge for many academics. The current research provides a better control strategy to decrease the occurrence of chattering phenomena. Combined with the Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) strategy and a pitch angle control, the control is possible to increase the performance and the efficiency of the Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) based Wind Energy Conversion System. This study attempts initially to regulate the generator and the grid side converter to track the wind speed reference established by the MPPT algorithm. And secondly, to relieve the chattering problem associated with the conventional sliding mode control (CSMC), the proposed sliding mode control (PSMC) is based on a novel smooth continuous switching control. Besides, the suggested sliding mode control stability is confirmed using Lyapunov’s stability function. The complete system was evaluated in the MATLAB/Simulink (MathWorks, Natick, MA, USA) environment using a 2 MW PMSG’s power, under random fluctuations in the wind speed to show the suggested approach’s efficiency and robustness, which was then compared to the CSMC and other common approaches available in the literature. The simulation results reveal that the recommended sliding mode control approach delivers good speed, accuracy, stability, and output current’s ripple.

<span>This article presents the use of a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) for the wind energy production and electrical energy injection produced into an electrical grid. The objective is to perform modeling and direct control of the Wind Energy conversion System (WECS), taking into account the problems of wind speed variations and generator maintenance.  The direct torque control (DTC) is applied to the machine-side converter and direct power control (DPC) is applied to the grid-side converter. The performance of WECS is tested in MATLAB / SIMULINK environment simulation with a real wind profile of Essaouira-Morroco city. The simulation results obtained show that the proposed direct controls provide high performance in terms of setpoint tracking, speed, stability and power quality.</span>

Background: The aim of this work is to propose a new river water quality index using fuzzy logic. The proposed fuzzy index combines quality indicators' prescribed thresholds extracted mainly from the Moroccan and the Quebec water legislations. The latter is reputed for its strict water quality assessment. The proposed index combines six indicators, and not only does it exhibit a tool that accounts for the discrepancy between the two base indices, but also provides a quantifiable score for the determined water quality. These classifications with a membership grade can be of a sound support for decision-making, and can help assign each section of a river a gradual quality sub-objective to be reached. Results: To demonstrate the applicability of the proposed approach, the new index was used to classify water quality in a number of stations along the basins of Bouregreg-Chaouia and Zizi-Rhéris. The obtained classifications were then compared to the conventional physicochemical water quality index currently in use in Morocco. The results revealed that the fuzzy index provided stringent classifications compared to the conventional index in 41% and 33% of the cases for the two basins respectively. These noted exceptions are mainly due to the big disparities between the different quality thresholds in the two standards, especially for fecal coliform and total phosphorus. Conclusions: These large disparities put forward an argument for the Moroccan water quality legislation to be upgraded to align water and environmental assessment methods with other countries in order to mitigate the risks of failing to achieve a good ecological status.

This paper aims to implement a new contribution for sliding mode control (SMC) of permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) for wind systems conversion with track the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) power. The SMC is a very popular approach due to its robustness in dealing with the non-linear electrical power systems. In this work, the application of the SMC control is by using the non lineare model of the PMSG. The objective of this work is to control stator active and stator reactive power, and the voltage-frequency for a better injection into the network. The results obtained show better robustness.

In this paper, we present a nonlinear robust control of active and reactive power by the use of the technique Backstepping a double-fed asynchronous generator (DFIG) system incorporated in a wind. The power transfer between the stator and the network is carried out by acting on the rotor via a bidirectional signal converter.Initially, a control strategy of the MPPT asynchronous double fed generator is presented. Thereafter, a new control technique for wind systems is presented. This control scheme is based on an adaptive pole placement control strategy integrated to a Backstepping control scheme. The overall stability of the system is shown using Lyapunov technique. The performance and robustness are analyzed and compared by simulation based Matlab / Simulink software.