Improved STATCOM operation under transient disturbances for wind power applications

2007 European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Etxeberria Otadui, Ion ^a   Viscarret, Unai ^a   Zamakona, Izaskun ^b   Redondo, Beatriz Arenal ^c   Ibiricu, Javier ^d  

^a IK4 IKERLAN   (Spain)

^b Research and Development   (Spain)

^c JEMA   (Spain)

^d Parque Tecnológico de Álava E 6   (Spain)

Author keywords

Converter control; STATCOM; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENHANCED RECOVERY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POWER ELECTRONICS; REACTIVE POWER; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WIND POWER;

CONVERTER CONTROL; STATCOM; WIND ENERGY;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 51049104789     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EPE.2007.4417642     Document Type: Conference Paper

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