Adaptive direct power control for double fed induction generator used in wind turbine

•A new Adaptive Direct Power Control for DFIG of 1.5 MW.•The transient responses and steady-state are insensitive to uncertainty parametric variation of the DFIG.•Different methods of DPC have been studied and realized. This papers deal with a new Adaptive Direct Power Control for Doubly-Fed Induction Generator of 1.5 MW. The main feature of the proposed strategy is based on the replacement of the fixed switching table by an adaptive one. The online update of the adaptive switching table depends on the reactive power variation and past switching sequences. The proposed adaptive direct power control is compared with Vector Control and Classical Direct Power Control. The robustness of the proposed control scheme against parameter, load and wind speed variations have done with success. The main performance of the Adaptive Direct Power Control strategy is the reduction of powers ripples, thus reduce of torque ripple on the shaft of the turbine.