Sensorless control for a switched reluctance wind generator, based on current slopes and neural networks

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 817-825

  Echenique, Estanislao ^a   Dixon, Juan ^b   Cárdenas, Roberto ^c   Peña, Ruben ^d  

^a Systep Engineering and Design Company   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Neural networks (NNs); Position control; Wind power generation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; INDUCTANCE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POSITION CONTROL; WIND POWER;

AVERAGE CURRENTS; MANUFACTURING COSTS; NEURAL-NETWORK; ON CURRENTS; PHASE CURRENTS; POWER RATIOS; PROCESSING TIME; REDUCED SIZES; ROTOR POSITIONS; SENSOR LESS CONTROLS; SWITCHED RELUCTANCE GENERATORS; SWITCHED RELUCTANCES; VARIABLE-SPEED; WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS; WIND GENERATORS; WIND POWER GENERATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 63149149467     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.2005940     Document Type: Conference Paper

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