Active fault tolerant control for twin wind turbine subject to asymmetric fault

TL;DR

This paper proposes an active fault tolerant control strategy for twin wind turbines experiencing asymmetric electrical faults, demonstrating improved performance and robustness over passive methods through numerical simulations.

Contribution

It introduces an active fault tolerant control approach specifically designed for twin wind turbines with asymmetric faults, enhancing fault resilience.

Findings

Active control improves fault handling compared to passive methods.

Numerical simulations confirm enhanced robustness and performance.

The method effectively manages asymmetric electrical faults.

Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of control of a twin wind turbine which is subject to an electrical fault affecting only one stator phase of one turbine. An active fault tolerant control is proposed. The performance and robustness of the proposed control, comparing to a passive fault tolerant one developed in the literature, are shown through numerical simulations.