Title: Fault-Tolerant Wireless Communication System for Process Control in Wind Power Stations
Authors: Nagarajan, R; Dhanasekaran, R
Abstract: Industrial automation networks (IANs) involve the control system that
communicates with the sensors to collect process-related data. To ensure proper
control, the control system acts on the physical variables measured by issuing
the commands or signals that activate relays, solenoids, motors, and actuators.
The implementation of the control system for a wind power station is a
time-consuming process. Hence, to speed up the project implementation with
reduced cost and maintenance, a fault-tolerant wireless system for wind power stations that employs a wireless
protocol, ZigBee is proposed. This wireless protocol can establish a two-way
communication between the field devices and the base station. The sensor nodes
in IAN may fail due to the energy depletion, hardware failures, etc. Hence,
fault tolerance is an important issue to be addressed in IANs.Moreover, the reliability of the IANs is also affected by the sensor
node fault. The proposed work aims at designing and developing a low-cost
fault-tolerant wireless communication system for the process control of wind
power stations.
Page(s): 51-55
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