Analysis of IGBT power cycling capabilities used in doubly fed induction generator wind power system

2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3076-3083

  Wei, Lixiang ^a   Kerkman, Russ J ^a   Lukaszewski, Richard A ^a   Lu, Haihui ^b   Yuan, Zhenhuan ^b  

^a Allen Bradley Company   (United States)

^b Shanghai Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

Tj control; Adjustable speed drive; Doubly fed induction generator; MTTF; Power cycling capability

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE SPEED DRIVES; CURRENT-CONTROL METHOD; DOUBLY FED INDUCTION GENERATORS; DOUBLY-FED INDUCTION GENERATOR; GRID FREQUENCY; LARGE SYSTEM; MTTF; POWER APPLICATIONS; POWER CYCLE; POWER CYCLING; ROTOR-SIDE CONVERTER; SLIP FREQUENCY; SLIP POWER; WHOLE SYSTEMS; WIND POWER SYSTEMS;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; COST REDUCTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); POWER CONVERTERS; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES; WIND POWER;

ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS;

EID: 78650090124     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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