Fault ride-through of a DFIG wind turbine using a dynamic voltage restorer during symmetrical and asymmetrical grid faults

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 807-815

  Wessels, Christian ^a   Gebhardt, Fabian ^a   Fuchs, Friedrich Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doubly fed induction generator (DFIG); dynamic voltage restorer (DVR); fault ride through and wind energy

Indexed keywords

DOUBLY-FED INDUCTION GENERATOR; DYNAMIC VOLTAGE RESTORER (DVR); DYNAMIC VOLTAGE RESTORERS; FAULT RIDE-THROUGH; FAULT RIDE-THROUGH AND WIND ENERGY; FAULTY LINES; GRID CODES; GRID FAULT; LABORATORY SET-UP; LOW-VOLTAGE RIDE-THROUGH; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MW WIND TURBINE; NOMINAL OPERATIONS; POWER PRODUCTION; SIMULATION RESULT; VOLTAGE DIP; WIND TURBINE SYSTEMS;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS;

EID: 79957449874     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2099133     Document Type: Article

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