STATCOM size optimization through wind turbine operation with fixed power factor

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Maibach, Philippe ^a   Ritter, Carsten ^a   Saleh, Mohamed ^a   Thurnherr, Tobias ^a  

^a ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

grid code; reactive power contribution; STATCOM; voltage control

Indexed keywords

CONTROL METHODS; GRID CODES; OPERATION PRINCIPLES; POWER FACTORS; SIZE OPTIMIZATION; SIZE REDUCTIONS; STATCOM; TURBINE OPERATION; WIND FARM; WIND PARK;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; POWER ELECTRONICS; REACTIVE POWER; VOLTAGE CONTROL; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION;

EID: 80053517345     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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