Basic operation principles and electrical conversion systems of wind turbines

EPE Journal (European Power Electronics and Drives Journal)

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 43-50

  Polinder, Henk ^a   De Haan, Sjoerd W H ^a   Dubois, Maxime R ^b   Slootweg, Johannes G ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Essent Netwerk BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Direct drive generators; Electrical conversion systems; Generators; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

DIRECT-DRIVE GENERATORS; ELECTRICAL CONVERSION SYSTEMS;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 29344474875     PISSN: 09398368     EISSN: 23769319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09398368.2005.11463604     Document Type: Review

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