Power electronics converters for wind turbine systems

IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition: Energy Conversion Innovation for a Clean Energy Future, ECCE 2011, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 281-290

  Blaabjerg, F ^a   Liserre, M ^b   Ma, K ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERTER CONFIGURATIONS; CONVERTER TECHNOLOGY; CROWBAR PROTECTION; DOUBLY FED INDUCTION-GENERATOR; FULL-SCALE POWER; GRID CODES; GRID FAULT; LOW-VOLTAGE RIDE-THROUGH; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; POWER CONVERTER TOPOLOGY; POWER DENSITIES; POWER ELECTRONICS CONVERTERS; POWER LEVELS; REACTIVE POWER INJECTIONS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RIDE-THROUGH; UPSCALING; WIND TURBINE POWER; WIND TURBINE SYSTEMS;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROTECTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; POWER ELECTRONICS; TOPOLOGY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 81855211054     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2011.6063781     Document Type: Conference Paper

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