Fault-Tolerant Control Implemented for Sustainable Active and Reactive Regulation of a Wind Energy Generation System

Adolfo R. Lopez, Jesse Y. Rumbo-Morales, Gerardo Ortiz-Torres, Jesus E. Valdez-Resendiz (), Gerardo Vazquez and Julio C. Rosas-Caro
Additional contact information
Adolfo R. Lopez: Laboratory of Electrical and Power Electronics, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico/ITS de Irapuato, Irapuato 36821, Mexico
Jesse Y. Rumbo-Morales: Centro Universitario de los Valles, Universidad de Guadalajara, Carretera Guadalajara-Ameca Km 45.5, Ameca 46600, Mexico
Gerardo Ortiz-Torres: Centro Universitario de los Valles, Universidad de Guadalajara, Carretera Guadalajara-Ameca Km 45.5, Ameca 46600, Mexico
Jesus E. Valdez-Resendiz: School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey 64700, Mexico
Gerardo Vazquez: Laboratory of Electrical and Power Electronics, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico/ITS de Irapuato, Irapuato 36821, Mexico
Julio C. Rosas-Caro: Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Panamericana, Zapopan 45010, Mexico

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 24, 1-18

Abstract: This paper presents the design of a fault-tolerant control system based on fault estimation, aimed at enhancing the sustainability and efficiency of a wind energy conversion system using a doubly-fed induction generator. The control architecture comprises a rotor-side converter (RSC) and a grid-side converter (GSC). The RSC is responsible for regulating both active and reactive power, and its model incorporates two linear subsystem representations. A fault-tolerant control (FTC) scheme is developed using a state-feedback controller; this controller is applied to regulate stator and rotor currents. Additionally, for comparison purposes, Proportional–Integral (PI) and Sliding-Mode Controllers (SMCs) are designed to analyze the performance of each controller. Furthermore, a proportional integral observer is employed in the proposed fault-tolerant scheme for actuator fault estimation. Fault detection is achieved by comparing the fault estimation signal with a predefined threshold. The main contribution of this work is the design and validation of a comprehensive active FTC scheme that enhances system reliability and sustainability. It also includes a performance analysis comparing three controllers (PI, SMC, and state-feedback) applied to the RSC. These controllers are evaluated for their ability to regulate active and reactive power in a wind energy conversion system under conditions of non-constant actuator faults.

Keywords: wind energy generation; sustainable energy; resilient renewable systems; power control; reactive power control; fault-tolerant control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/24/10875/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/24/10875/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:16:y:2024:i:24:p:10875-:d:1542031

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().