Modeling and MPPT sensorless control of a DFIG-based marine current turbine

Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ben Elghali, S E ^a   Benbouzid, M E H ^a   Charpentier, J F ^b   Ahmed Ali, T ^a   Gahery, J M ^a,b   Denis, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b French Naval Academy   (France)

Author keywords

Doubly fed induction generator (DFIG); Marine current turbine (MCT); Maximum power point tracking (MPPT); Modeling; Sensorless control

Indexed keywords

DOUBLY-FED INDUCTION GENERATOR (DFIG); MARINE CURRENT TURBINE (MCT); MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING (MPPT); MODELING; SENSORLESS CONTROL;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ENGINES; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPTICAL FLOWS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POWER CONVERTERS; PUMPS; TURBINES;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 65249121982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICELMACH.2008.4800165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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