Control strategies for power smoothing using a flywheel driven by a sensorless vector-controlled induction machine operating in a wide speed range

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 603-614

  Cárdenas, Roberto ^a   Peña, Rubén ^a   Asher, Greg M ^b   Clare, Jon ^b   Blasco Giménez, Ramón ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Induction machines; Power conditioning; Power generation; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; POWER GENERATION; SPEED CONTROL; VOLTAGE CONTROL; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

POWER CONDITIONING; SENSORLESS VECTOR-CONTROLLED INDUCTION MACHINE; VARIABLE-SPEED WIND TURBINES; WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM;

INDUCTION MOTORS;

EID: 18244413443     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2004.825345     Document Type: Article

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