Isolated areas often depend on an independent generation system for its electrical power requirements from both conventional and non-conventional sources due to weak nature of power grid and the difficulty to connect to the power grids. These windy locations are suitable for wind energy conversion systems. The study of behaviour of a self excited induction generator under different operating condition mostly depends on its steady state characteristics which are found generally solving non linear equations by iterative techniques manually or using a tedious long computer programme. This paper draws the attention of solving the equations based on a numerical optimization routine. The effectiveness of the said method is then evaluated on a 220V, 1. 5kW induction generator for different operating conditions.

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Induction Generator Self Excited Induction Generator (seig) Steady-state Analysis Wind Energy Conversion Optimization Power Quality.