Development and analysis of a single-stage converter for small-scale wind power system

Author

Yi-Hung Liao ; Li-Ching Yang ; Ying-Chun Chuang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Penghu Univ. of Sci. & Tech., Hsien, Taiwan

fYear

2014

fDate

1-4 June 2014

Firstpage

449

Lastpage

453

Abstract

In this paper, analysis of single-stage ac/dc converter for small-scale wind power generation system is proposed. The harmonic currents of wind generator are reduced so as to decrease the wind turbine noise. The proposed three-phase wind converter has zero-voltage switch in the active switches. Compared with a traditional two-stage converter, high efficiency and high step-up voltage ratio are also accomplished. In addition, based on the proposed wind converter, both power factor correction and MPPT functions are achieved. Finally, the simulation and experimental results verified the validity of the proposed converter.

Keywords

AC-DC power convertors; harmonics suppression; maximum power point trackers; power factor correction; wind turbines; zero voltage switching; MPPT; harmonic currents; high step-up voltage ratio; maximum power point tracking; power factor correction; single-stage AC-DC converter; small-scale wind power generation system; wind turbine noise; zero-voltage switch; Capacitors; Generators; RLC circuits; Switches; Wind energy; Wind power generation; Wind turbines; high step-up voltage ratio; power factor correction; single-stage ac/dc converter; zero-voltage switch;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics (ISIE), 2014 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.2014.6864655

Filename

6864655