A review on the development of wind turbine generators across the world

International Journal of Dynamics and Control

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 192-202

  Goudarzi, N ^a   Zhu, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

High temperature superconducting generators; Induction generators; Onshore offshore wind turbines; Permanent magnet generators; Power electronics; Power quality; Synchronous generators; Wind farms; Wind power generation

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; COMMERCE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POWER ELECTRONICS; POWER QUALITY; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; TURBOGENERATORS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

GENERATOR DESIGN; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING; LARGE GENERATOR; MAXIMUM POWER CAPTURE; OFFSHORE APPLICATIONS; PERMANENT MAGNET GENERATOR; TECHNICAL DATA; WIND FARM;

ONSHORE WIND FARMS;

EID: 84975268122     PISSN: 2195268X     EISSN: 21952698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40435-013-0016-y     Document Type: Article

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