Multilevel converters for 10 MW wind turbines

Proceedings of the 2011 14th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ma, Ke ^a   Blaabjerg, Frede ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Multilevel converters; Thermal stress; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES; DIRECT DRIVE; GEAR-BOXES; H-BRIDGES; JUNCTION TEMPERATURES; LARGE-SCALE WIND POWER; LIFE-TIMES; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; MW WIND TURBINE; PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR; POWER APPLICATIONS; POWER DEVICES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THREE-LEVEL; THREE-LEVEL NEUTRAL-POINT-CLAMPED CONVERTER;

SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; THERMAL STRESS; TOPOLOGY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 80053516267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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