Design of a maximum power tracking system for wind-energy-conversion applications

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 486-494

  Koutroulis, Eftichios ^a   Kalaitzakis, Kostas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Buck converter; Maximum power point tracking (MPPT); Microcontroller; Variable speed; Wind generator (WG)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; MICROCONTROLLERS; RELIABILITY; STRESSES; WIND POWER;

BUCK CONVERTER; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING (MPPT); VARIABLE SPEED; WIND GENERATOR (WG); WIND SPEED;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 33645725164     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2006.870658     Document Type: Article

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