System efficiency of a DC/DC converter-based wind farm

Wind Energy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-120

  Max, Lena ^a   Lundberg, Stefan ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DC wind farm; DC DC converters; Loss calculations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; WIND POWER;

DC WIND FARM; LOSS CALCULATIONS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

COMPUTATION THEORY; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; WIND POWER;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FILTER; POWER GENERATION; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

EID: 39349084821     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.259     Document Type: Conference Paper

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