DC link current control of cascaded current source converter based offshore wind farms

2011 IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, IEMDC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 807-812

  Popat, Miteshkumar ^a   Wu, Bin ^a   Zargari, Navid Reza ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Medium Voltage RandD Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

cascaded CSC; current source converter (CSC); dc link current control; Offshore wind farms

Indexed keywords

AC-GRID; CASCADED CSC; CONTROL SCHEMES; CURRENT SOURCE CONVERTERS; CURRENT SOURCES; DC LINK CURRENTS; DC LINKS; MAXIMUM POWER; NOVEL CONTROL SCHEME; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; POWER TRACKING; PULSE-WIDTH-MODULATED; SIMULATION RESULT; WIND FARM; WIND SPEED;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS; REACTIVE POWER; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 80052566350     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMDC.2011.5994917     Document Type: Conference Paper

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