FPGA-based reconfigurable control for switch fault tolerant operation of WECS with DFIG without redundancy

Renewable Energy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-48

  Gaillard, Arnaud ^a   Poure, Philippe ^b   Saadate, Shahrokh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE BELFORT MONTBÉLIARD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

DFIG; Fault tolerant converters; FPGA; Reconfigurable back to back converter; Switch failure; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

BACK-TO-BACK CONVERTER; CLASSICAL TOPOLOGIES; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DFIG; DIGITAL CONTROLLERS; DOUBLY FED INDUCTION GENERATORS; FAULT CONDITIONS; FAULT TOLERANT OPERATIONS; FAULT-TOLERANT; HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP; HIL SIMULATIONS; RECONFIGURABLE CONTROL; RECONFIGURABLE PLAT-FORMS; SWITCH FAILURE; WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM;

ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); REDUNDANCY; TOPOLOGY; WIND POWER;

RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE;

ARRAY; CONTROL SYSTEM; SIMULATION; TOPOLOGY; WIND POWER;

EID: 84872482686     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.11.027     Document Type: Article

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