Multiple-module high-gain high-voltage DCDC transformers for offshore wind energy systems

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1877-1886

  Denniston, Nicholas ^a   Massoud, Ahmed M ^b   Ahmed, Shehab ^c   Enjeti, Prasad N ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

Author keywords

DCDC transformers; high voltage DC transmission; offshore wind energy

Indexed keywords

AC-DC CONVERTERS; BIDIRECTIONAL POWER FLOW; DCDC TRANSFORMERS; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE; FULL BRIDGE CONVERTERS; HIGH VOLTAGE GAIN; HIGH-GAIN; HIGH-POWER DEVICES; HIGH-VOLTAGE DC TRANSMISSION; HIGH-VOLTAGES; ISOLATION LEVEL; LOW-VOLTAGE; NEW APPROACHES; OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SEMICONDUCTOR CONDUCTION; TRANSFORMERLESS CONVERTER;

DC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS; POWER TRANSFORMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; WIND POWER;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79954505714     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2053340     Document Type: Article

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