Title :
Power electronics circuit for speed control of experimental wind turbine
Author :
Merabet, Adel ; Kerr, John ; Rajasekaran, Vigneshwaran ; Wight, Derek
Author_Institution :
Division of Engineering, Saint Mary´´s University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Abstract :
In this paper, a power electronics circuit is proposed to control the rotational speed of a wind turbine. This interface is based on two DC-DC converters, where a buck converter is used to control the speed and a boost converter is used to maintain a constant voltage for the load. The power electronics circuit is implemented on a small laboratory size wind turbine and experimentation is carried out to show its capability of speed control.
Keywords :
DC generator; DC-DC converter; boost converters; buck; wind turbine;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronics (ICM), 2012 24th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Algiers, Algeria
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5289-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICM.2012.6471368
