Development of a test bench of electric generators used in the context of renewable energy harnessing

In the global energy context, the use of renewable energy will become more and more predominating. One of the most mature technologies we have at our disposal is wind turbines. The optimisation of wind turbine controllers requires some plug and play systems in order to test new control ways. This experimental master thesis continues the work of others in order to develop a test bench of electrical machines. It contains a complete description of the control of a permanent magnet synchronous machine, starting from the machine equations and introducing the right mathematical tools in order to develop a robust field oriented control. A modelling part is explained as well as how to use the provided hardware interface. Finally, simulation results and physical measurements are presented to fully understand the behaviour of the machine.Master [120] : ingénieur civil électricien, Université catholique de Louvain, 201