A fault detection technique for variable-speed wind turbines using vibrations and electrical measurements

A technique for detecting faults in variable speed wind turbines with permanent magnet synchronous generators is proposed. The proposal consist on sampling and process vibration signals at constant position intervals, in order to obtain a speed independent vibration spectrum. The angular position in...

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Autores: Bossio, Jose Maria, Bossio, Guillermo Rubén, de Angelo, Cristian Hernan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/34515
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/34515
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:FAULT DETECTION
PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR
VIBRATION
WIND TURBINES
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
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Sumario:A technique for detecting faults in variable speed wind turbines with permanent magnet synchronous generators is proposed. The proposal consist on sampling and process vibration signals at constant position intervals, in order to obtain a speed independent vibration spectrum. The angular position information is obtained using a reduced order observer which allows estimating rotor position using voltage and current measurements, without the need of a position sensor. The estimated position is used for resampling vibration signals at constant position intervals with a high number of samples per revolution. Experimental results including a rotor imbalance fault are presented to validate the proposal.