Investigation of switched-mode rectifier for control of small-scale wind turbines

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 2849-2856

  Whaley, D M ^a   Soong, W L ^a   Ertugrul, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constant power; Maximum power; Permanent magnet machines; Small scale; Speed limitation; Swtiched mode rectifier; Variable speed; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POWER CONVERTERS; TORQUE CONTROL; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES; WIND TURBINES;

CONSTANT POWER; MAXIMUM POWER; PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINES; SMALL SCALE WIND TURBINES; SPEED LIMITATION; SWTICHED-MODE RECTIFIER;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 33745956258     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2005.1518864     Document Type: Conference Paper

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