A STATCOM with supercapacitors for low-voltage ride-through in fixed-speed wind turbines

Energies

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5922-5952

  Obando Montaño, Andrés Felipe ^a   Carrillo, Camilo ^a   Cidrás, José ^a   Díaz Dorado, Eloy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fixed speed wind generator; Low voltage ride through; STATCOM; Supercapacitor; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC CURRENT REGULATORS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; SUPERCAPACITOR; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

DISCHARGE LEVEL; FIXED SPEED WIND TURBINE; FIXED SPEED-WIND GENERATOR; LOW VOLTAGE RIDE THROUGH (LVRT); LOW-VOLTAGE RIDE-THROUGH; TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLTAGE RECOVERY;

STATIC SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATORS;

EID: 84907410068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en7095922     Document Type: Article

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