Predictive control of a three-level boost converter and an NPC inverter for high-power PMSG-based medium voltage wind energy conversion systems

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5308-5322

  Yaramasu, Venkata ^a   Wu, Bin ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boost converter; current control; dc ac power conversion; dc dc power conversion; dc link capacitor voltages balancing; digital control; diode clamped converters; direct driven; discrete time signals; finite control set model predictive control (FCS MPC); gearless; grid connected; medium voltage (MV); megawatt (MW) level; multilevel inverters; neutral point clamped (NPC) converter; passive front end (PFE); permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG); renewable energy; state space model; three level boost (TLB) converter; variable speed; wind energy conversion system (WECS)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COST FUNCTIONS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; TOPOLOGY; WIND POWER;

BOOST CONVERTER; DC-AC POWER CONVERSION; DC-DC POWER CONVERSION; DC-LINK CAPACITOR VOLTAGES; DIGITAL CONTROL; DIODE-CLAMPED; DIRECT-DRIVEN; DISCRETE-TIME SIGNALS; FINITE CONTROL-SET MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL (FCS-MPC); GEARLESS; GRID-CONNECTED; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; MEGAWATT (MW) LEVEL; MULTILEVEL INVERTER; NEUTRAL-POINT-CLAMPED CONVERTER; PASSIVE FRONT-END (PFE); PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; STATE-SPACE MODELING; THREE-LEVEL; VARIABLE SPEED; WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84902143598     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2292068     Document Type: Article

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