Petri Net Model and Reliability Evaluation for Wind Turbine Hydraulic Variable Pitch Systems

Xiyun Yang, Jinxia Li, Wei Liu and Peng Guo
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Xiyun Yang: School of Control and Computer Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
Jinxia Li: School of Control and Computer Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
Wei Liu: State Nuclear Electric Power Planning Design and Research Institute, Beijing 100094, China
Peng Guo: School of Control and Computer Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China

Energies, 2011, vol. 4, issue 6, 1-20

Abstract: Based on an analysis of the working principles of the hydraulic variable pitch system of a wind turbine, a novel Petri net model and reliability evaluation method are proposed. First, Petri net theory is adopted to build a model for each discrete state of the operation of the hydraulic pitch system of the wind turbine and at the same time a fault Petri net model is established. Then through qualitative analysis and quantitative calculations based on the fault Petri net, the system reliability indexes are obtained. During the qualitative analysis process, in order to more conveniently find the minimal cut sets of the fault Petri net, a Visual C++ 6.0-based algorithm is compiled and the minimal cut sets are tested correctly with another method. During the quantitative calculation process, the fault probability has been obtained from the equations according to the fault probability of libraries and transitions between different states. Not only does the proposed Petri net describe the structure, function and operation of the hydraulic pitch system with a graphic language, but the fault Petri net model can also clearly express the logical relations among faults. The novel Petri net model offers simple calculations and the prospect of broad applicability and the new reliability evaluation method provides an important reference for the performance evaluation of these systems.

Keywords: wind turbine; hydraulic variable pitch system; Petri net; token; fault Petri net model; reliability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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