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access icon free Fault-tolerant finite control set-model predictive control for marine current turbine applications

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Received 27/06/2017, Accepted 05/12/2017, Revised 24/11/2017, Published 05/12/2017

This study deals with a fault-tolerant control (FTC) strategy for a marine current energy conversion system based on a five-phase permanent magnet synchronous generator. First, a finite control set-model predictive control is adopted to highlight the advantages of this kind of generator in normal mode. The speed tracking performance is evaluated when the system operates under swell effect. Second, its fault tolerance is evaluated under various open-circuit fault conditions. In this case, the reference currents are reconfigured online to achieve the reference torque while minimising the copper losses. Extensive simulations, based on real-tidal speed data measured at the Raz-de-Sein site in Bretagne, France, are carried out for the validation of the proposed FTC strategy.

Inspec keywords: predictive control; fault tolerant control; permanent magnet generators; synchronous generators; hydraulic turbines

Other keywords: five-phase permanent magnet synchronous generator; open-circuit fault conditions; Raz-de-Sein site; copper losses; FTC strategy; reference torque; fault-tolerant finite control set-model; predictive control; swell effect; marine current turbine applications; marine current energy conversion system; Bretagne; reference currents; France

Subjects: Control of hydraulic systems; Control of electric power systems; Hydroelectric power stations and plants; Synchronous machines; Optimal control

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