Modulation features of a high-frequency conversion system for wind farm applications

Author

Garces, Alejandro ; Molinas, Marta

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Power Eng., Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway

fYear

2012

fDate

25-28 June 2012

Firstpage

101

Lastpage

105

Abstract

This paper presents some modulation features of a high-frequency link based on reduced matrix converter for offshore wind farms. The topology consists on a reduced matrix converter, a high frequency transformer and a full-bridge diode rectifier. The converter is operated as a current source. An experimental set-up of 10 kW was used to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed modulation. Results demonstrates good behavior of the voltage in the high frequency transformer and low harmonic distortion in the three phase current.

Keywords

harmonic distortion; matrix convertors; rectifiers; wind power plants; full-bridge diode rectifier; high frequency transformer; high-frequency conversion system; high-frequency link; low harmonic distortion; modulation features; offshore wind farms; power 10 kW; reduced matrix converter; three phase current; Frequency conversion; Matrix converters; Modulation; Topology; Vectors; Wind farms; Offshore wind energy; high frequency link; matrix converter; space vector modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG), 2012 3rd IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Aalborg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2021-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2022-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDG.2012.6253986

Filename

6253986