Research on wind turbine Operations & Maintenance (O&M) procedures is critical to the expansion of Wind Energy Conversion systems (WEC). In order to reduce O&M costs and increase the lifespan of the turbine, we study the application of Set-Valued Observers (SVO) to the problem of Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) and Fault Tolerant Control (FTC) of wind turbines, by taking advantage of the re...

The paper presents a new approach to the parameter identification of a wind turbine shaft vibrations measured with piezoelectric sensor. The system order and unknown processes matrices are determined using the wind force as the model input and wind turbine shaft vibrations as the model output. The identified model can be used to estimate the shaft vibrations and design an early damage monitorin...

This paper presents a quantitative review of early detection and estimation of fault for wind turbine system. The model-based technique is proposed to provide an assessment of all possible faults for renewable energy sources. The augmented observer is applied to estimate the real physical data of the system sensor faults and states simultaneously. The fault detection and diagnosis is designed t...

This paper proposes a fuzzy modelling and identification approach oriented to the design of a PI fuzzy controller for regulating both the pitch angle and the reference torque of a wind turbine model. This strategy has been suggested for enhancing the regulator design that could represent an alternative to the standard switching controller, already implemented in the wind turbine test system. Th...

In this study, large-eddy simulations (LESs) were performed to investigate the effects of changing wind direction on the turbine wakes and associated power losses in the Horns Rev offshore wind farm. In the LES framework, the turbulent subgrid-scale stresses are parameterized using a tuning-free Lagrangian scale-dependent dynamic model, and the turbine-induced forces are computed using a dynami...

A new airfoil design method for H type vertical axis wind turbine is introduced in the present study. A novel indicator is defined to evaluate vertical axis wind turbine aerodynamic performance at variable tip speed ratios and selected as the airfoil design objective. A mathematic model describing the relationship between airfoil design variables and objective is presented for direct airfoil de...

In this paper, a model of a variable speed wind turbine using a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) is presented and the control schemes are proposed. The model presents the aerodynamic part of the wind turbine, the mechanic and the electric parts. Simulations have been conducted with Matlab/Simulink to validate the model and the proposed control schemes.

Wind turbines in a wind farm, influence each other through the wind flow. Downwind turbines are in the wake of upwind turbines and the wind speed experienced at downwind turbines is hence a function of the wind speeds at upwind turbines but also the momentum extracted from the wind by the upwind turbine. This paper establishes flow models relating the wind speeds at turbines in a farm. So far, ...

There are many advantages of floating wind turbines in deep waters, however, there are also significant technological challenges associated with it too. The dynamic excitation of wind and waves will induce excessive motions along each of the 6 degrees of freedom (6-DOF) of the floating platforms. These motions will then be transferred to the turbine, and directly impact the turbines’ performanc...

The wind power industries arepresently the fastest raising renewable energy sector throughout the world compare to other sourses. the main aim of this paper is to develop the mathematical model and implemented in simulations for torque control of two bladed and three bladed wind turbine, by changing coefficient of power, tip speed ratio and pitch angle values for different wind speeds.To ensure...