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Frequency control represents a critically significant issue for the enhancement of the dynamic performance of isolated micro grids. The micro grid system studied here was a wind–diesel system. A new and robust optimization technique called the mine blast algorithm (MBA) was designed for tuning the PID (proportional–integral–differential) gains of the blade pitch controller of the wind turbine side and the gains of the superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) controller. SMES was implemented to release and absorb active power quickly in order to achieve a balance between generation and load power, and thereby control system frequency. The minimization of frequency and output wind power deviations were considered as objective functions for the PID controller of the wind turbine, and the diesel frequency and power deviations were used as objective functions for optimizing the SMES controller gains. Different case studies were considered by applying disturbances in input wind, load power, and wind gust, and sensitivity analysis was conducted by applying harsh conditions with varying fluid coupling parameter of the wind–diesel hybrid system. The proposed MBA–SMES was compared with MBA (tuned PID pitch controller) and classical PI control systems in the Matlab environment. Simulation results showed that the MBA–SMES scheme damped the oscillations in the system output responses and improved the system performance by reducing the overshoot by 75% and 36% from classical and MBA-based systems, respectively, reduced the settling time by 45% compared to other systems, and set the final steady-state error of the frequency deviation to zero compared to other systems. The proposed scheme was extremely robust to disturbances and parameter variations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research investigates the performance improvements of induction motor (IM) drive supplied by a hybrid wind/battery storage system based on the optimal mine blast algorithm. This is done by using IM field-oriented speed control as an independent dynamic load and a battery as a storage power unit. To ensure the accuracy and quality of energy equilibrium in autonomous wind power systems, there is an urgent and necessary demand for battery storage units. So in principle, the overall system of the complete model is configured to be combined with an uncontrolled rectifier, a steady magnetic synchronous generator (PMSG), a buck converter, and a lead–acid battery (LAB) in addition to an induction motor. According to the imposed controller, the loads required power can be obtained effectively by the prescribed battery storage and the wind generation units. Considering the suggested vector control to adjust the induction motor velocity through a three-phase inverter, it will be obtained 220 V/50 Hz, which is the principal target of this research. Moreover, the system with the proposed optimal control is compared with the optimal control based on genetic algorithm (GA) and the classical PID control. It is, therefore, possible to conclude that the results of numerical calculations and simulations illustrate that the studied system has strong achievement and perfect predictor of the electric parameter waveforms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]