Modeling and Simulation of a PMSG-based Marine Current Turbine System under Faulty Rectifier Conditions

Abstract

This paper deals with the modeling and simulation of a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG)-based marine current turbine (MCT) under faulty rectifier conditions. The modeling of the generator is established in the synchronous rotating d-q reference frame. The control of the speed, the d-axis current, and the q-axis current are achieved using proportional integral (PI) correctors. The faulty mode deals with the study of single and multiple open-switch damages appearing in the pulse width modulation (PWM) power rectifier. Simulations are carried out to highlight the proposed PMSG-based MCT performance in both cases using MATLAB/Simulink environment.

Keywords:

• marine current turbine
• permanent magnet synchronous generator
• PWM power rectifier
• MPPT
• control
• open-circuit faults

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Sana Toumi

Sana Toumi received her B.Sc. and the M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Monastir (ENIM), Monastir, Tunisia in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Currently, she is working toward a Ph.D. in modeling and control of marine current turbine systems under faulty conditions with the Research Unit Industrial Systems Study and renewable Energy, University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia and the Institut de Recherche Dupuy de Lôme, IRDL (FRE CNRS 3744), University of Brest, Brest, France.

Seifeddine Benelghali

Seifeddine Benelghali received his B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering in 2005 from Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Tunis, Tunisia, M.Sc. degree in automatic control in 2006 from the University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France, and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 2009 from the University of Brest, Brest, France. After receiving the Ph.D. degree, he joined the French Naval Academy, Brest, France as a teaching and research assistant. Since 2010, his has been an associate professor of electrical engineering at Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France. His current research interests include modeling and control of renewable energy applications.

Mohamed Trabelsi

Mohamed Trabelsi received his B.S. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering and industrial systems from Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis (ESSTT), Tunis, Tunisia, in 2005 and 2007, respectively. He received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Aix-Marseille III University, Marseille, France and the ESSTT, Tunis, Tunisia, in 2012. He has carried out independent professional activity in several industrial and research fields for seven years. In 2007, he was an Assistant Technologue at Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques (ISET) Sousse, Tunisia, and, in 2009, he moved to Aix-Marseille III University. From 2013 to 2014, he was an assistant professor at Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sousse (ENISO), Sousse, Tunisia. Since then, he has been a postdoctoral affiliate with the L2EP Laboratory at the University of Lille, Lille, France. His research interests are focused on fault diagnosis in power converters, AC motor drives, and multi-phase drive systems.

Elhoussin Elbouchikhi

Elhoussin Elbouchikhi received his Engineer Diploma degree in automatic and electrical engineering and the Research Master's degree in automatic systems, computer science and decision from the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, in 2010, and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Brest, Brest, France, in 2013. He has been a postdoctoral researcher at Institut Supérieur de l'Electronique et du Numérique (ISEN), Brest, Brest, France, from October 2013 to September 2014. Since September 2014, he has been an associate professor at ISEN Brest, Yncréa Ouest, Brest, France, and is an affiliated member of the IRDL (FRE CNRS 3744). His current research interests include electrical machines' fault detection and diagnosis, fault-tolerant control, and signal processing and statistics for power system monitoring.

Yassine Amirat

Yassine Amirat received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees both in electrical engineering, from the University of Annaba, Algeria, in 1994 and 1997, respectively. In 2011, he received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Brest, Brest, France. Dr. Amirat was a lecturer in the University of Annaba, Annaba, Algeria and than in Institut Supérieur de l'Electronique et du Numérique (ISEN), Brest, France. Since January 2012, he has been an associate professor of electrical engineering at ISEN Brest, Yncréa Ouest, Brest, France, and is an affiliated member of the IRDL (FRE CNRS 3744). His current research interests are the condition monitoring and the control of electrical drives and power electronics.

Mohamed Benbouzid

Mohamed Benbouzid received his B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Batna, Batna, Algeria, in 1990, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute of Greno-ble, Grenoble, France, in 1991 and 1994, respectively, and the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches degree from the University of Picardie “Jules Verne,” Amiens, France, in 2000.

After receiving the Ph.D. degree, he joined the University of Picardie “Jules Verne,” where he was an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. Since September 2004, he has been with the University of Brest, Brest, France, where he is a professor of electrical engineering. Prof. Benbouzid is also a Distinguished Professor at the Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China. Prof. Benbouzid is an IEEE senior member. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Energy Conversion. He is also an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, and the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. He was an associate editor of the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics from 2006 to 2009. His main research interests and experience include analysis, design, and control of electric machines, variable-speed drives for traction, propulsion, and renewable energy applications, and fault diagnosis of electric machines.

Mohamed Faouzi Mimouni

Mohamed Faouzi Mimouni received his Ph.D. and University Habilitation degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia in 1997 and 2004, respectively. He is currently a Full Professor at Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Monastir (ENIM), Monastir, Tunisia. His specific research interests are in the area of power electronics; motor drives; solar and wind power generation.