Event-triggered mechanism based robust fault-tolerant control for networked wind energy conversion system

In this paper, a novel robust fault-tolerant control scheme based on event-triggered communication mechanism for a variable-speed wind energy conversion system (WECS) with sensor and actuator failures is proposed. The nonlinear WECS with event-triggered mechanism is modeled based on the Takagi–Sugeno (T–S) fuzzy model. By Lyapunov stability theory, the parameter expression of the proposed robust fault-tolerant controller with event-triggered mechanisms is proposed based on a feasible solution of linear matrix inequalities. Compared with the existing WECS fault-tolerant control methods, the proposed scheme significantly reduces the pressure of network packet transmission and improves the robustness and reliability of the WECS. Considering a doubly-fed variable speed constant frequency wind turbine, the event- triggered mechanism based fault-tolerant control for WECS is analyzed considering system model uncertainty. Numerical simulation results demonstrate that the proposed scheme is feasible and effective.