Improving the reactive power capability of the DFIG-based wind turbine during operation around the synchronous speed

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 736-745

  Sujod, Muhamad Zahim ^a   Erlich, Istvan ^a   Engelhardt, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Woodward Kempen GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doubly fed induction generator (DFIG); insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT); maximum junction temperature; pulse width modulation (PWM); reactive power capability

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AND REACTIVE POWER; DFIG-BASED WIND TURBINES; DOUBLY FED INDUCTION GENERATORS; JUNCTION TEMPERATURES; REACTIVE POWER CAPABILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR LOSS; SYNCHRONOUS SPEED; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTERS;

ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); POWER CONVERTERS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; ROTORS (WINDINGS); VOLTAGE CONTROL; WIND POWER;

REACTIVE POWER;

EID: 84882814275     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2013.2272975     Document Type: Article

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