Research Article

Active Fault-Tolerant Control for Wind Turbine with Simultaneous Actuator and Sensor Faults

Table 1

Parameters of NREL’s 5 MW wind turbine model.

Power rating5 MW
Rotor orientation, structureUpwind, three-bladed
ControlVariable speed, variable pitch
Rotor, hub diameter126 m, 3 m
Hub height90 m
Cut in, rated, cut out wind speed3 m/s, 11.4 m/s, 25 m/s
Rated rotor, generator speed12.1 rpm, 1173.7 rpm
Maximum blade pitch rate8 deg/s
Rated generator torque43093 Nm
Maximum generator torque47402 Nm