Grid Compliance Conditioning of Renewable Power Sources by Means of Modern Power Electronics

Author

Zingel, Reinhard

Author_Institution

Converteam GmbH, Berlin

fYear

2007

fDate

2-5 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Grid code compliance conditioning of renewable power sources can effectively be countered by modern power electronics. Conventional power electronics have their merits, e.g. lower losses, but fall short when it comes to active grid support during voltage dips due to power system faults. Focus is attended to self-commutated, modular IGBT-inverters which have been applied for control ranges up to 40 Mvar (+20 Mvar). If these 4-quadrant IGBT-inverters are equipped with batteries in the DC-link, they also can be applied to counter effects caused by real power.

Keywords

insulated gate bipolar transistors; invertors; power electronics; power supply quality; power system faults; renewable energy sources; IGBT-inverters; grid compliance conditioning; modern power electronics; power system faults; renewable power sources; voltage dips; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial power systems; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Investments; Power conditioning; Power electronics; Power generation economics; Power quality; Power supplies; Production; Grid codes; active filters; energy conditioning; grid support; power conditioning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications, 2007 European Conference on

Conference_Location

Aalborg

Print_ISBN

978-92-75815-10-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-92-75815-10-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPE.2007.4417788

Filename

4417788