A high voltage DC-DC converter driving a Dielectric Electro Active Polymer actuator for wind turbine flaps

Proceedings of the Universities Power Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Thummala, Prasanth ^a   Zhang, Zhe ^a   Andersen, Michael A E ^a   Thomsen, Ole C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

actuator; capacitive load; Dielectric Electro Active Polymer (DEAP); flaps; flyback; high voltage; PolyPower; wind turbine

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE LOADS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; FLYBACK; HIGH VOLTAGE; POLYPOWER;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRICITY; FLAPS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; POLYMERS; SILICONES; TOPOLOGY; WIND TURBINES;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84872835316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/UPEC.2012.6398600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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