Current-source topology for wind turbines capable of providing leading power factor while reducing line current harmonics

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 222-229

  Tenca, P ^a   Rockhill, A A ^a   Lipo, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial flux permanent magnet generator; Current Source topology; Harmonics reduction; Power factor control; VAR compensation; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; WIND TURBINES;

AXIAL FLUX PERMANENT MAGNET GENERATORS; CURRENT SOURCE TOPOLOGY; CURRENT SOURCES; HARMONICS REDUCTION; POWER FACTOR CONTROL;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY;

EID: 34848812578     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2006.256527     Document Type: Conference Paper

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