Power converter for vertical wind energy conversion system

Author

de Almeida, Bruno Ricardo ; Oliveira, Demercil S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Fed. Univ. of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil

fYear

2013

fDate

27-31 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

468

Lastpage

473

Abstract

The wind energy conversion system (WECS) presented in this paper is based on permanent magnet generators coupled to a vertical-axis turbine. The proposed topology is formed by a three-phase PWM rectifier and a step-down dc-dc converter, based in a buck-interleaved using the three-state switching cell (TSSC). That topology realizes the power factor correction (PFC) what mitigates the audible noise issue, the turbine´s maximum power point tracking (MPPT), what maximizes the energy extract from the wind as well as is able to manage the battery charge. The experimental results from a 1.5 kW prototype are presented and discussed.

Keywords

PWM rectifiers; maximum power point trackers; permanent magnet generators; power factor correction; wind turbines; MPPT; PFC; TSSC; WECS; buck-interleaved; maximum power point tracking; permanent magnet generators; power 1.5 kW; power converter; power factor correction; step-down dc-dc converter; three-phase PWM rectifier; three-state switching cell; vertical wind energy conversion system; vertical-axis turbine; Batteries; Generators; Maximum power point trackers; Rectifiers; Topology; Voltage control; Wind turbines; Battery charging; WECS; maximum power point tracking algorithm; vertical-axis turbine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Conference (COBEP), 2013 Brazilian

Conference_Location

Gramado

ISSN

2175-8603

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COBEP.2013.6785157

Filename

6785157