Power Electronic Systems for the Grid Integration of Wind Turbines

Author

Carrasco, J.M. ; Galvan, Eric ; Portillo, R. ; Franquelo, L.G. ; Bialasiewicz, J.T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Seville Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

6-10 Nov. 2006

Firstpage

4182

Lastpage

4188

Abstract

The use of wind power generation is increasingly being pursued as a supplement and an alternative to large conventional central power stations. The specification of the power electronics interface is subject to requirements related not only to the renewable energy source itself but also to its effects on power system operation, especially where the intermittent energy source constitutes a significant part of the total system capacity. In this paper, current technology and new trends in power electronics for the integration of wind power generators are presented

Keywords

power electronics; power grids; wind power plants; wind turbines; central power stations; grid integration; power electronic systems; power electronics interface; power system operation; wind power generation; wind turbines; Electric variables control; Energy management; Mechanical variables control; Mesh generation; Power electronics; Power generation; Renewable energy resources; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind turbines; DFIG; direct drives; multilevel converter topologies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IEEE Industrial Electronics, IECON 2006 - 32nd Annual Conference on

Conference_Location

Paris

ISSN

1553-572X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0390-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2006.347922

Filename

4153743