Control methods for Low Voltage Ride-Through compliance in grid-connected NPC converter based wind power systems using predictive control

2009 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 363-369

  Alepuz, S ^a   Busquets Monge, S ^a   Bordonau, J ^a   Cortes P ^b   Kouro, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributed power generation; Grid interface; Multilevel inverters; NPC inverter; Predictive control; Wind power generation; Wind power system

Indexed keywords

GRID INTERFACES; MULTILEVEL INVERTER; NPC INVERTERS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL; WIND-POWER SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ENERGY CONVERSION; INDUCTION MOTORS; POWER CONVERTERS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; WIND POWER;

MESH GENERATION;

EID: 72449164400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2009.5316139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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