Optimized fuzzy PI controller for variable speed wind turbine using DE algorithm

Khaddouj Ben Meziane (Higher Institute of Engineering and Business (ISGA))
Faiza Dib (Abdelmalek Essaadi University)
Nabil Benaya (Abdelmalek Essaadi University)
Ismail Boumhidi (Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University)

International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS)
Vol 14, No 3: September 2023

To design an optimal fuzzy proportional-integral (PI) controller for the variable speed wind turbine systems, a new differential evolution (DE) algorithm approach is developed in this paper. We have investigated a fuzzy PI controller, in which fuzzy rules are applied to adapt the parameters of the PI controller founded on the error and its first-time derivative. The fuzzy PI controller's inputs and outputs are tuned using the DE optimization method. The superiority of the suggested (DE fuzzy PI) controller has been proved by comparing the results with (fuzzy PI) and only the PI controller applied to the wind turbine system. In comparison to a fuzzy controller with parameters selected by a human operator, the numerical validation results of the suggested approach (DE fuzzy PI) have shown good performance in terms of robustness, pursuit, and response time.