Design and control considerations for a 5 MW fullbridge DC/DC converter in a wind turbine

EPE Wind Energy Seminar 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Max, Lena ^a   Thiringer, Torbjörn ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DC DC power conversion; Loss measurement; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT VOLTAGE; DC-DC POWER CONVERSION; DESIGN AND CONTROL; DUTY CYCLE CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL MODELING; FULL-BRIDGE DC/DC CONVERTER; LOSS MEASUREMENT; PHASE SHIFT CONTROL;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84893416739     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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