Wind energy is one of the most important clean energies and the variable speed constant frequency technology is widely used in wind energy conversion systems. Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is essential for a variable speed constant frequency wind power generation system. Concerning the current research on the MPPT algorithm, this paper studies the principle, characteristics, and reported improvement strategies of principal algorithms.

Based on the classical spectral representation method of simulating turbulent wind speed fluctuation, a harmonic superposition algorithm was introduced in detail to calculate the homogeneous turbulence wind field simulation in space. From the view of the validity of the numerical simulation results in MATLAB and the simulation efficiency, this paper discussed the reason for the bias existing between three types of turbulence intensity involved in the whole simulation process: simulated turbulence intensity, setting reference turbulence intensity, and theoretical turbulence intensity. Therefore, a novel spectral correction method of a standard deviation compensation coefficient was proposed. The simulation verification of the correction method was carried out based on the Kaimal spectrum recommended by IEC61400-1 by simulating the uniform turbulent wind field in one-dimensional space at the height of the hub of a 15 MW wind turbine and in two-dimensional space in the rotor swept area. The results showed that the spectral correction method proposed in this paper can effectively optimize the turbulence intensity of the simulated wind field, generate more effective simulation points, and significantly improve the simulation efficiency.