Design of a Simple, Effective and Low Cost Micro-Wind Energy Conversion System

This paper proposes a micro-wind energy conversion system, which is conceived for low speed operation and low power applications connected to the distribution network. Therefore it is devised on the basis of a trade-off between cost reduction and simplicity from one side, and good performance on the other side. Hardware components and their control are described thoroughly. The performance of the system is verified by numerical simulations with Simulink and PLECS and the obtained results are presented to support the proposed system.