Fuzzy Fault-Tolerant Control of Wind-Diesel Hybrid Systems Subject to Sensor Faults

A fuzzy fault-tolerant control (FFTC) framework is proposed for wind-diesel-hybrid systems (WDHS) with time-varying bounded sensor faults. The algorithm utilizes fuzzy systems based on “Takagi-Sugeno” (TS) fuzzy models to represent nonlinear systems. A fuzzy proportional-integral estimation observer (FPIEO) design is proposed to achieve fault estimation of TS models with abrupt sensor faults. Sufficient conditions are derived for robust stabilization in the sense of Lyapunov asymptotic stability and are formulated in the format of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) to obtain controller gains and observer gains. The proposed algorithm maximizes the produced power, minimizes the voltage ripple, and is able to maintain the system´s stability during the sensor faults. A physical model of the WDHS is presented and transformed into a TS model. Then, an FFTC algorithm is developed and applied to a WDHS to demonstrate the effectiveness of this method.