Fault Diagnosis of a Wind Farm using Interval Parity Equations

In this paper, the problem of fault diagnosis of a wind farm is addressed using interval parity equations. Fault detection is based on the use of parity equations and unknown but bounded description of the noise and modeling errors. The fault detection test is based on checking the consistency between the measurements and the model by finding if the formers are inside the interval prediction bounds. The fault isolation algorithm is based on analyzing the observed fault signatures on-line, and matching them with the theoretical ones obtained using structural analysis. Finally, the proposed approach is tested using the wind farm benchmark proposed in the context of the wind farm FDI/FTC competition.