“…Present trends of investigation in variable-speed wind turbine systems include new power control techniques and new technology in power converters to achieve better efficiency [13], [32], power quality and maximum wind power capture [33], reliability [34], [35], ride-through capability [36], [37], and longer life cycle cost of the system including power electronics [38]- [40]. Predictive control has been implemented in IMCs for motor drives (which are mainly aimed to military and aerospace applications where size and weight are relevant issues [3], [4]) as well as in DFIGs for renewable energy systems [21]. Other recent studies focus their efforts on achieving better efficiency solutions with IMC-DFIG systems as in [41]- [43], and for the specific topic of low voltage ride-through in [44]; the four of them featuring different techniques such as fuzzy logic, sigma-delta modulation and space vector modulation.…”