Wind turbine control, DEIF WPT - the choice for robustness 

Decades of accumulated wind turbine know-how 

 

Founded in 1933, DEIF’s know-how in design for robustness has been accumulated over more than seven decades.

 

Our Power & Marine division supplies approximately half of their solutions for use in marine applications, examples include power management solutions for ships, oil rigs and the like.


Hardware constructed to last

 

Making hardware for marine applications is much more demanding than making hardware for industry applications – vibrations, salt damp, etc. makes marine applications a hostile environment which the electronic need to be designed for in order to ensure continuous operation.

 

When it comes to naval applications, the demands towards shock resistance and EMC immunity become extreme – demands that products developed for a normal industrial environment would never meet.

Another big share of DEIF’s solutions is used in mobile power-generating applications. Applications operating in all kinds of environments, right from the heat of the desert to the chills of the artic.

  

Components for wind turbine control are meticulous tested to ensure adequate robustness

The hardware platform of wind turbine control solutions is subject to meticulous testing to ensure compliance with standards by far exceeding industry-standards. Here a static wind sensor is vibration tested.

 

It is the experience accumulated from having supplied tens of thousands solutions for applications like these that ensures the robustness of solutions from DEIF Wind Power Technology.

 

All tests can be performed in our in-house type test laboratory. The test results are being validated by auditors from classification societies performing random inspections.

Stress recilient software

 

To ensure a maximum of availability, a robust software design is critical too. Therefore, our department for model design and simulation  uses state-of-the art tools for verification and optimisation of the code prior to deploying it to the controller.

 

Definitions of robustness

 

‘The degree to which a component or system can function correctly in the presence of invalid inputs or stressful environmental conditions’ Thiyagarajan Veluchamy.

 

  

Real-life simulation to ensure the robustness of our controller platform for wind turbine control

Wind turbine controllers and components are not only subjected to type testing.

 

We do our utmost to ensure robust solutions through subjecting the hardware to extreme field-simulations.

 

Here a pitch controller are rotated to test its dura-bility subjected to extreme centrifugal force.

 

‘In the context of computer software, robustness is the resilience of the system, especially when under stress or when confronted with invalid input’ Network Dictionary
 

If you want to know more

 
> DEIF Wind Power Technology control solutions – the choice for robustness
> LVRT - Low Voltage Ride Through - compliant with grid operator demands
> Proven durability - wind turbine control solutions that can cope with real-life conditions
> An introduction to how we develop control solutions tailored to your wind turbine
> SCADA solutions for wind turbines and wind parks
> Wind power management for wind parks
> Controllers and components for wind turbines
> About DEIF Wind Power Technology