Optimal constant dc link voltage operation of awave energy converter

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1993-2006

  Kurupath, Venugopalan ^a   Ekström, Rickard ^a   Leijon, Mats ^a  

^a Swedish Centre for Renewable Electric Energy Conversion   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DC link voltage control; Linear generator; Point absorber; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER;

DC LINK VOLTAGE CONTROL; DC-LINK VOLTAGES; ENERGY CONVERTERS; GRID INTEGRATION; LINEAR GENERATORS; POINT ABSORBER; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE ENERGY;

ELECTRIC MACHINE CONTROL;

EID: 84877334208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6041993     Document Type: Article

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