Call for participation

Competition on Fault Detection and Fault Tolerant Control for Wind Turbines.

 

A benchmark model on fault detection and fault tolerant control of wind turbines was presented at IFAC Safeprocess 2009 (P.F. Odgaard, J. Stoustrup, and M. Kinnaert: Fault tolerant control of wind turbines – a benchmark model). In Proceedings of the 7th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, Barcelona, Spain, June 2009.

The paper can be downloaded from http://www.ifac-papersonline.net/Detailed/40082.html  (requires a IFAC logon)

The paper can be downloaded directly via this link

This competition is set up to find the best solution of the problems proposed in this bench mark model.

 

The competition consists of two parts. Part One on fault detection and isolation with deadline in September 2010, and Part Two on the fault tolerant control with deadline in 2011 (more details will be given in another Call for Participation).

 

Read about the competition.

 

The model as well as requirements to the solution can be downloaded from:
http://kk-electronic.com/Default.aspx?ID=9385

 

The competitors are asked to submit their solutions implemented in MATLAB®/Simulink®, with full access to MATLAB code and/or Simulink blocks. The fault detection and isolation scheme should be implemented as a filter/observer with a binary output, 0 in case of no faults. The controller should be implemented with the same control signals as in the benchmark model.

 

The solutions will be validated on a more detailed simulation model of wind turbines including the faults.

 

The competitors should as well write a paper for an invited session at:
- IFAC world congress 2011, for Part One. The results of the competition will be announced at the same event.
- IFAC Safeprocess 2012, for Part Two. The results of the competition will be announced at the same event.
 

In each part of the competition 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes are awarded with respectively 500 Euros, 250 Euros and 100 Euros, co-sponsored between MathWorks™ and kk-electronic a/s.

If you are interested in the competition and intend to submit a solution and a paper, please announce your intent in advance to Peter Fogh Odgaard peodg@kk-electronic.com – please see time schedule below. Details on the solution submission would be provided at that time.

Important Dates:
Part One
    Deadline for announcing intent of participation: July 31, 2010
    Deadline for submission of implemented solution: September 30, 2010
    Deadline for IFAC WC paper submission: September 30, 2010
Part Two
    Deadline for announcing intent of participation: 2011*
    Deadline for submission of implemented solution: 2011*
    Deadline for IFAC Safeprocess paper submission: 2011*
 

 

*: Specific dates will be provided later in a Call for Participation for this contest part.

 

Proposers:
Professor Jakob Stoustrup, Aalborg University, jakob@es.aau.dk
Professor Pieter Mosterman, MathWorks & McGill University, pieter.mosterman@mathworks.com
Dr. Peter Fogh Odgaard, kk-electronic a/s, peodg@kk-electronic.com

 

Sponsors:

kk-electronic a/s

MathWorks

 

 

kk-electronic

 

 

 

 

MathWorks

 

University of Aalborg