Optimized design of two and three level full-scale voltage source converters for multi-MW wind power plants at different voltage levels

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3634-3639

  Preindl, Matthias ^a,b   Bolognani, Silverio ^b  

^a RandD Electrical Engineering   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING VOLTAGE; CONVERTER SOLUTIONS; DIRECT DRIVE; FULL-SCALE CONVERTER; GRID QUALITY; HIGH RELIABILITY; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; OPTIMIZED DESIGNS; POWER DENSITIES; POWER-LOSSES; RATED VOLTAGES; TURBINE POWER; VOLTAGE LEVELS; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTERS; WIND GENERATORS;

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER CONVERTERS; RATING;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84856557656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2011.6119899     Document Type: Conference Paper

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