Analysis and design of an offshore wind farm using a MV DC grid

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2164-2173

  Robinson, Jonathan ^a   Jovcic, Dragan ^b   Joós, Géza ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DCDC power conversion; HVDC transmission; permanent magnet generator; wind energy

Indexed keywords

AC-GRID; ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; DC GRID; DC VOLTAGE; DC-DC POWER CONVERSION; GRID-BASED; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; HVDC TRANSMISSION; MAGNETIC COMPONENTS; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; PARALLEL-CONNECTED; PERMANENT MAGNET GENERATOR; PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR; RESONANT DC-DC CONVERTER; STEP-UP CONVERTER; VOLTAGE-SOURCE CONVERTER; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND ENERGY; WIND FARM; WIND GENERATORS;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; AC GENERATORS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 77957000707     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2010.2053390     Document Type: Article

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