Grid-fault tolerant operation of a DFIG wind turbine generator using a passive resistance network

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2896-2905

  Yan, Xiangwu ^a   Venkataramanan, Giri ^b   Wang, Yang ^b   Dong, Qing ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Doubly fed induction generation (DFIG); low voltage ride through; voltage sag; wind turbine

Indexed keywords

DOUBLY-FED; LOW-VOLTAGE; LOW-VOLTAGE RIDE-THROUGH; PASSIVE RESISTANCE; RESISTIVE NETWORK; SHORT-INTERVAL; STEADY-STATE OPERATION; UNBALANCED VOLTAGE SAGS; UTILITY GRIDS; VOLTAGE SAG; VOLTAGE SAGS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; VOLTAGE STABILIZING CIRCUITS; WIND TURBINES;

PASSIVE NETWORKS;

EID: 80053619046     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2087037     Document Type: Article

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