A robust predictive current controller for healthy and open-circuit faulty conditions of five-phase BLDC drives applicable for wind generators and electric vehicles

•Model predictive deadbeat control of generator stator phase currents.•Fault tolerant control of five-phase BLDC generator.•Control of stator phase currents under normal and open-circuit faulty conditions.•MATLAB simulation and experimental verification of proposed control method.•Verification of robustness and fast respond of proposed controlling method.