Design and simulation of UPQC to improve power quality and transfer wind energy to grid

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 3770-3782

  Hosseinpour, M ^a   Yazdian, A ^a   Mohamadian, M ^a   Kazempour, J ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Back to back inverter; Investment cost; Maximum power point tracking; UPQC; VA rating; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

BACK TO BACK INVERTER; DESIGN AND SIMULATION; INVESTMENT COSTS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; UNIFIED POWER QUALITY CONDITIONERS; UPQC; WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM; WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 67649400958     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2008.3770.3782     Document Type: Article

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