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

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1794-1801

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

^a Allen Bradley Company   (United States)

^b Shanghai Lab   (China)

Author keywords

Tj control; Adjustable speed drive; doubly fed induction generator (DFIG); mean time to failure (MTTF); power cycling capability

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE SPEED DRIVE; CURRENT-CONTROL METHOD; DOUBLY FED INDUCTION GENERATORS; DOUBLY-FED INDUCTION GENERATOR; GRID FREQUENCY; LARGE SYSTEM; MEAN TIME TO FAILURE; POWER APPLICATIONS; POWER CYCLE; POWER CYCLING; ROTOR-SIDE CONVERTER; SLIP FREQUENCY; SLIP POWER; WHOLE SYSTEMS;

ACTIVE FILTERS; ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; COST REDUCTION; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); POWER CONVERTERS; POWER TRANSMISSION; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES; WIND POWER;

ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS;

EID: 79960672723     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2011.2153172     Document Type: Article

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