this paper addresses the design of an observer-based fault diagnosis scheme, which is applied to some of the sensors and actuators of a wind turbine benchmark model. the methodology is based on a modified sliding mode observer (smo) that allows accurate reconstruction of multiple sensor or actuator faults occurring simultaneously. the faults are reconstructed using the equivalent output error i...

Some large wind turbines use a low speed synchronous generator, directly-coupled to the turbine, and a fully rated converter to transform power from the turbine to mains electricity. This paper considers the condition monitoring and diagnosis of mechanical and electrical faults in such a variable speed machine. The application of wavelet transforms is investigated because of the disadvantages o...

In this paper, the authors investigated a Direct Drive Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator Wind Turbine (PMSG-WT). This study deals with control of the PWM back-to-back converter (AC/AC) of the wind turbine, since the average size of WTG installations has increased due to the advent of larger capacity machines, especially variable speed technology, this raise of integration rate of wind ener...

Variable-speed, fixed-pitch wind turbines are required to optimize power output performance without the aerodynamic controls. A wind turbine generator system is operated such that the optimum points of wind rotor curve and electrical generator curve coincide. In order to obtain maximum power output of a wind turbine generator system, it is necessary to drive the wind turbine at an optimal rotor...

The condition monitoring and fault diagnosis have been identified as the key to achieving higher availabilities of wind turbines. Numerous studies show that open-circuit is a significant contributor failures turbine converter. However, multiple faults combinations influence speed changes abruptly, grid voltage sags noise interference brought great challenges diagnosis. Accordingly, concerning c...

With the wind turbines being produced toward to large scale and light weight, the flexibility of blade, drive mechanism and tower increase apparently. Loads suffered by wind turbines during operation become increasingly intricate. Some control approaches could be used to cut down these loads in orde to expand life cycle of generating sets. Aiming at the full load operation zone above rated wind...

SIMULATION OF POWER CONTROL OF A WIND TURBINE PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR SYSTEM Nantao Huang, B.S. Marquette University, 2013 This thesis presents a control system for a 2MW direct-drive permanent magnet synchronous generator wind turbine system with the objectives to capture the optimal power from the wind and ensure a maximum efficiency for this system. Moreover, in order to elimi...

An anticipatory control scheme for optimizing power and vibration of wind turbines is introduced. Two models optimizing the power generation and mitigating vibration of a wind turbine are developed using data collected from a large wind farm. To model the wind turbine vibration, two parameters, drive-train and tower acceleration, are introduced. The two parameters are measured with acceleromete...