Wind turbine model simulation: A bond graph approach

•The complete aerodynamic wind turbine model is simulated and validated using real data.•Power flows transferred by each stage is presented in the simulation results.•The proposed model has a good performance (for real and a constant wind consideration).•All the stages involving in the wind turbine are presented.

A wind turbine is composed by three principal parts (blades, gearbox and generator). In this paper each of them is represented by using the bond-graph methodology. Then, they are combined together in order to simulate the complete system. The complete aerodynamic model is simulated and validated using real data provided in the open literature (blade profile and gearbox parameters for a 750 kW wind turbine). Different simulations are carried-out in order to validate the proposed wind turbine model.