Title :
A Review of the State of the Art of Power Electronics for Wind Turbines
Author :
Chen, Zhe ; Guerrero, Josep M. ; Blaabjerg, Frede
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Energy Technol., Aalborg Univ., Aalborg, Denmark
Abstract :
This paper reviews the power electronic applications for wind energy systems. Various wind turbine systems with different generators and power electronic converters are described, and different technical features are compared. The electrical topologies of wind farms with different wind turbines are summarized and the possible uses of power electronic converters with wind farms are shown. Finally, the possible methods of using the power electronic technology for improving wind turbine performance in power systems to meet the main grid connection requirements are discussed.
Keywords :
power convertors; power electronics; power grids; wind power plants; wind turbines; electrical topologies; grid connection; power electronic converters; wind energy system; wind farms; wind turbines; Mesh generation; Power electronics; Power generation; Power system dynamics; Power systems; Reactive power control; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind farms; Wind turbines; Fault ride-through; grid connection; power electronics converters; reactive power compensation; wind energy conversion; wind farms; wind turbine control;
Journal_Title :
Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPEL.2009.2017082
