Stability of a variable-speed permanent magnet wind generator with weak AC grids

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2779-2788

  Strachan, Nicholas P W ^a   Jovcic, Dragan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control systems; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; modeling; permanent magnet generators; pulsewidth modulated power converters; stability; wind power generation

Indexed keywords

AC NETWORKS; AC VOLTAGE CONTROLLER; AC-GRID; CONTROLLER DESIGNS; EIGEN FUNCTION; EIGENVALUE STABILITY; HIGH-POWER; MODEL VERIFICATION; MODELING; PERMANENT MAGNET GENERATOR; PSCAD/EMTDC; PULSEWIDTH-MODULATED POWER CONVERTERS; SIMULATION SOFTWARE; SMALL SIGNAL; STABILITY CHARACTERISTICS; STABILITY STUDY; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM ROBUSTNESS; SYSTEM VARIABLES; VARIABLE SPEED; VOLTAGE SOURCE; WEAK GRID; WIND GENERATORS;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; AC GENERATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROLLERS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MODEL STRUCTURES; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POWER CONVERTERS; STABILITY; SYSTEM STABILITY; TRANSIENTS; VERIFICATION; WIND POWER;

CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 77957009929     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2010.2053723     Document Type: Article

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