A single-switch three-phase boost rectifier to reduce the generator losses in wind energy conversion systems

2009 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference, EPEC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tonkoski, Reinaldo ^a   Lopes, Luiz A C ^a   Dos Reis, Fernando ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Harmonics; PMSG; Renewable energy; WECS; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

AC-DC CONVERTERS; ACTIVE POWER; CAPACITIVE FILTERS; CORE LOSS; DIODE RECTIFIER; DUTY CYCLES; EXTERNAL EXCITATION; FIXED PITCH WIND TURBINE; FRONT END; HARMONICS; INPUT CURRENT; INTERNAL TEMPERATURE; LOW COSTS; LOW POWER; PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR; PMSG; POWER ELECTRONIC INTERFACE; POWER ELECTRONICS CONVERTERS; POWER-LOSSES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SHAFT SPEED; THREE-PHASE BOOST RECTIFIERS; VARIABLE SPEED; VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER; WIND ENERGY; WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; DIODES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ENERGY CONVERSION; MINING; PHASE INTERFACES; POWER ELECTRONICS; SPEED; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 77951448618     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EPEC.2009.5420965     Document Type: Conference Paper

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