Research laboratory for power Electronic generator systems in wind turbines comprising converters, generators, interaction and grid interaction

Power generated from wind is actually a very great and a very fast growing renewable source of the world energy consumption. Optimizing performance and costs is an important issue for wind turbine generators. A laboratory for comprehensive research on the four types of power electronic generator systems for wind turbine generators and for their grid integration is presented. It consists of drives in a downscaled power range, special developed devices for generating test conditions and for measurement as well as of numerical simulations. The laboratory is presented and research including measurements are shown.