The objective of this research is (1) to design and construct the wind turbine simulator based on the adjustable actual wind speed. (2) To investigate the wind distribution, and (3) tobe applied for testing the power output of the micro-wind turbine in the laboratory. Design and CAD drawing was applied to construct the wind turbine simulator prototype.The 3 phase induction motor with axial fan ...

ABSTRACT A planetary gear of a wind turbine is a critical component in the view of condition monitoring and fault detection because the fault of the gear needs much cost and time to fix or replace it. In this paper, classification of damage for a planetary gear is proposed and validated by the experiment of wind turbine simulator in order to evaluate the possibility of the application to fault ...

In this paper, a wind turbine simulator is developed using PSCAD. The wind turbine static characteristics are modeled using the relation among the turbine power, the wind speed, and the blade pitch angle. Also, the dynamic characteristics of the wind turbine are modeled through a two-mass oscillating system, representing the turbine and the generator connected by elastic shaft. The system consi...

in recent years, based on the growing importance of clean energy in comparison with conventional energy production from fossil fuels, dg systems are gradually becoming more popular all over the world. these resources solve many problem of system. however, these resources create some other problems too. one of the most problem of dgs is unwanted islanding. this paper addresses reliable passive i...

Maximizing turbine up-time and reducing maintenance costs are key technology drivers for wind turbine operators. Components within wind turbines are subject to considerable stresses due to unpredictable environmental conditions resulting from rapidly changing local dynamics. In that context, systems health management has the aim to assess the state-of-health of components within a wind turbine,...

This paper deals with the power generation control in variable speed wind turbines. In this context, a control strategy is proposed to ensure power extraction optimization of a DFIGbased wind turbine. The proposed control strategy combines an MPPT using a high gain observer and second-order sliding mode for the DFIG control. This strategy presents attractive features such as chattering-free beh...

Maximizing turbine up-time and reducing maintenance costs are key technology drivers for wind turbine operators. Components within wind turbines are subject to considerable stresses due to unpredictable environmental conditions resulting from rapidly changing local dynamics. In that context, systems health management has the aim to assess the state-of-health of components within a wind turbine,...

Increasing turbine up-time and reducing maintenance costs are key technology drivers for wind turbine operators. Components within wind turbines are subject to considerable stresses due to unpredictable environmental conditions resulting from rapidly changing local dynamics. Systems health management has the aim to assess the state-of-health of components within a wind turbine, to estimate rema...

This paper presents a methodology to design an effective wind speed observer using an alternative mathematical representation of the aerodynamic torque of a variable-speed wind turbine. This alternative model is linear in parameters. Then, using this observer, a pitch fault detection scheme is conceived. Numerical experiments using the National Renewable Energy Laboratory wind turbine simulator...