Title :
A simple power converter for variable speed wind turbine
Author :
Casini, D. ; Marola, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Syst. & Autom., Univ. of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
The paper focuses on the design of a power interface for connecting a small power wind turbine to a single phase power plant. In general, when the wind speed drops under a given level, the traditional systems are not able to work in a satisfactory way. The proposed technique, which employs a step-up power converter for feeding the utility grid through an unidirectional full bridge inverter, allows to transfer energy even in case of low variable wind turbine speed.
Keywords :
bridge circuits; invertors; power convertors; power grids; wind power plants; wind turbines; low-variable wind turbine speed; power converter; power interface design; single-phase power plant; step-up power converter; unidirectional full bridge inverter; utility grid feeding; variable speed wind turbine; Frequency; Mesh generation; Power electronics; Power generation; Pulse width modulation inverters; Switches; Synchronous generators; Wind energy generation; Wind power generation; Wind turbines; Dispersed power generation systems; multipole permanent magnet synchronous generator; step-up power converters; variable speed wind turbines;
Conference_Titel :
Clean Electrical Power, 2009 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Capri
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2543-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2544-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICCEP.2009.5211992
