Application of active NPC converter on generator side for MW direct-driven wind turbine

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1010-1017

  Li, Jun ^a   Huang, Alex Q ^a   Bhattacharya, Subhashish ^a   Jing, Wei ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL METHODS; CONTROL SCHEMES; DEVICE FAILURES; DIRECT-DRIVEN WIND TURBINE; ECONOMIC ASPECTS; FULL-SCALE CONVERTER; LOSS DISTRIBUTION; MW WIND TURBINE; REAL POWER; SHUT DOWN; SIMULATION RESULT; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; UNIT CAPACITY;

POWER ELECTRONICS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 77952213746     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2010.5433381     Document Type: Conference Paper

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