Medium voltage power conversion technology for efficient windpark power collection grids

2nd International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 12-18

  Steimer, P K ^a   Apeldoorn, O ^a  

^a ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Medium voltage; Windpark

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DC GRID; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ENERGY SAVING; HIGH VOLTAGE; HIGH-POWER; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; POWER CONVERSION; RENEWABLES; SUBSTANTIAL ENERGY; VOLTAGE LEVELS; WINDPARK;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; POWER ELECTRONICS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 77956513456     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PEDG.2010.5545750     Document Type: Conference Paper

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