New isolated interface converter for grid-connected PMSG based wind turbines

Author

Bisenieks, Lauris ; Vinnikov, Dmitri ; Galkin, Ilya

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Drives & Power Electron., Tallinn Univ. of Technol., Tallinn, Estonia

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A new converter topology for a permanent magnet synchronous generator based variable speed wind turbine is presented in this paper. Main focus is on a combined topology of a controlled rectifier and a brand new step-up isolated DC/DC converter. This topology (controlled rectifier coupled with a quasi-Z-source based galvanically isolated step-up DC/DC converter) is essential to generate a regulated DC voltage (400 V DC typical for 230 V AC output) despite wide variations in the output voltage of a wind generator. The operation principles of the proposed topology are given and experimental results are analyzed.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; permanent magnet generators; power grids; rectifying circuits; synchronous generators; wind turbines; controlled rectifier; converter topology; grid-connected PMSG; isolated interface converter; permanent magnet synchronous generator; step-up isolated DC-DC converter; variable speed wind turbine; voltage 230 V; voltage 400 V; wind generator; DC-DC power converters; Generators; Inverters; Rectifiers; Topology; Voltage control; Wind turbines; PMSG; qZS DC/DC converter; variable speed wind turbines; wind energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), 2011 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8779-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEEIC.2011.5874750

Filename

5874750