FPGA-based reconfigurable control for switch fault tolerant operation of WECS with DFIG without redundancy
Arnaud Gaillard,
Philippe Poure and
Shahrokh Saadate
Renewable Energy, 2013, vol. 55, issue C, 35-48
Abstract:
This paper deals with reconfigurable back-to-back converter topology and control orders in Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS). A typical WECS with Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) in balanced conditions is concerned. Based on the classical topology, a fault tolerant converter without any redundancy has been studied. The presented fault tolerant topology allows a “five-leg” structure with converters reconfiguration after switch failure detection. Furthermore, the control strategy for classical topology can no longer be applied after fault occurrence. Thus, a “five-leg” control strategy has also been proposed. The validation of the reconfigurable digital controller for the studied WECS with DFIG topology has been performed using a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) reconfigurable platform including a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) chip. HIL simulation results in both healthy and fault conditions have been presented to show simultaneously the viability of the studied converters topology and the reconfigurable control.
Keywords: Wind energy; DFIG; Fault tolerant converters; Reconfigurable back-to-back converter; FPGA; Switch failure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.11.027
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