Fault-Tolerant Control using Adaptive Time-Frequency Method in Bearing Fault Detection for DFIG Wind Energy System

Suratsavadee Koonlaboon KORKUA

Authors

Suratsavadee Koonlaboon KORKUA School of Engineering and Resources, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80161

Keywords:

Doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG), fault-tolerant control, monitoring, wind turbine, rotor side inverter, bearing fault

Abstract

With the advances in power electronic technology, doubly-fed induction generators (DFIG) have increasingly drawn the interest of the wind turbine industry. To ensure the reliable operation and power quality of wind power systems, the fault-tolerant control for DFIG is studied in this paper. The fault-tolerant controller is designed to maintain an acceptable level of performance during bearing fault conditions. Based on measured motor current data, an adaptive statistical time-frequency method is then used to detect the fault occurrence in the system; the controller then compensates for faulty conditions. The feature vectors, including frequency components located in the neighborhood of the characteristic fault frequencies, are first extracted and then used to estimate the next sampling stator side current, in order to better perform the current control. Early fault detection, isolation and successful reconfiguration would be very beneficial in a wind energy conversion system. The feasibility of this fault-tolerant controller has been proven by means of mathematical modeling and digital simulation based on Matlab/Simulink. The simulation results of the generator output show the effectiveness of the proposed fault-tolerant controller.

doi:10.14456/WJST.2015.9

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Suratsavadee Koonlaboon KORKUA, School of Engineering and Resources, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80161

School of Engineering and Resources

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