Optimised power converter for multi-MW direct drive permanent magnet wind turbines

Author

Jones, Roy ; Waite, P.

Author_Institution

Med IC3, Siemens Wind Power, Keele, UK

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 1 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

Designed for the specific function of a full-convert power converter for Multi-Megawatt (MW) variable speed wind turbines, this paper describes a power converter system, design-optimised for mass produced wind turbines containing direct drive permanent magnet generators (PMG), that provide fully grid compliant power generation up to 6 MW ratings. It describes the requirements, including those imposed by the generator and grid connection characteristics, innovations to meet these requirements and test configurations to validate performance.

Keywords

electric drives; permanent magnet generators; power convertors; power grids; variable speed drives; wind turbines; direct drive permanent magnet generator; full convert power converter; grid compliant power generation; grid connection characteristics; multiMW direct drive permanent magnet wind turbine; multimegawatt variable speed wind turbine; optimised power converter; power 6 MW; power converter system; Bridge circuits; Generators; Inductance; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Inverters; Permanent magnets; Wind turbines; AC machine; AC/AC converter; Adjustable speed generation system; Converter circuit; Converter machine interactions; Device modeling; Fault ride-through; IGBT; Mission profile; Non-standard electrical machine; Permanent magnet motor; Wind energy; Windgenerator systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications (EPE 2011), Proceedings of the 2011-14th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Birmingham

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-167-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-90-75815-15-3

Type

conf

Filename

6020426