A new power conversion system for megawatt pmsg wind turbines using four-level converters and a simple control scheme based on two-step model predictive strategy - Part i: Modeling and theoretical analysis

IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-13

  Yaramasu, Venkata ^a   Bin, Wu ^a   Rivera, Marco ^b   Rodriguez, Jose ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

AC dc power conversion; boost converter; common mode voltage (CMV); current control; dc ac power conversion; dc dc power conversion; dc link capacitor voltages balancing; digital control; direct driven; four level boost; grid connected; maximum power point tracking; medium voltage (MV); megawatt level; multilevel converter; permanent magnet synchronous machine; power conversion; predictive control; renewable energy; state space model; wind energy

Indexed keywords

BALANCING; BRIDGE CIRCUITS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM CONTROL; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PERMANENT MAGNETS; REACTIVE POWER; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS; STATE SPACE METHODS; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

AC-DC POWER CONVERSION; BOOST CONVERTER; COMMON MODE VOLTAGE; DC-AC POWER CONVERSION; DC-DC POWER CONVERSION; DC-LINK CAPACITOR VOLTAGES; DIGITAL CONTROL; DIRECT-DRIVEN; FOUR-LEVEL BOOST; GRID-CONNECTED; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; MEGAWATT-LEVEL; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES; POWER CONVERSION; PREDICTIVE CONTROL; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; STATE - SPACE MODELS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84907499324     PISSN: 21686777     EISSN: 21686785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JESTPE.2013.2294920     Document Type: Article

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