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Design and control of a direct drive wind turbine equipped with multilevel converters

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  • Abbes, Mohamed
  • Belhadj, Jamel
  • Ben Abdelghani Bennani, Afef

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This paper concentrates on the design and control of a three-level grid side converter (GSC) for direct drive high power wind turbines. The three-level, neutral point clamped (NPC) topology was investigated. The proposed control scheme, based on vector current control, offers very satisfying performances regarding to structure stability and grid connection requirements (GCR). In order to have an accurate evaluation of grid voltage source, two grid synchronization methods are developed and their performances are compared. The GSC performances are evaluated under both normal and grid fault conditions. Simulation results show that stability is maintained during voltage dips and that the proposed direct drive wind turbine satisfies completely GCR.

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  • Abbes, Mohamed & Belhadj, Jamel & Ben Abdelghani Bennani, Afef, 2010. "Design and control of a direct drive wind turbine equipped with multilevel converters," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 35(5), pages 936-945.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:35:y:2010:i:5:p:936-945
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.10.021
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    1. Verne, Santiago A. & Valla, María I., 2012. "Direct connection of WECS system to the MV grid with multilevel converters," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 336-344.
    2. de Freitas, Tiara R.S. & Menegáz, Paulo J.M. & Simonetti, Domingos S.L., 2016. "Rectifier topologies for permanent magnet synchronous generator on wind energy conversion systems: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 1334-1344.
    3. Pouresmaeil, Edris & Gomis-Bellmunt, Oriol & Montesinos-Miracle, Daniel & Bergas-Jané, Joan, 2011. "Multilevel converters control for renewable energy integration to the power grid," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(2), pages 950-963.
    4. Dargahi, Vahid & Sadigh, Arash Khoshkbar & Pahlavani, Mohammad Reza Alizadeh & Shoulaie, Abbas, 2012. "DC (direct current) voltage source reduction in stacked multicell converter based energy systems," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 46(1), pages 649-663.
    5. Yan, Jianhu & Lin, Heyun & Feng, Yi & Zhu, Z.Q., 2014. "Control of a grid-connected direct-drive wind energy conversion system," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 371-380.
    6. Mahela, Om Prakash & Shaik, Abdul Gafoor, 2016. "Comprehensive overview of grid interfaced wind energy generation systems," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 260-281.
    7. Melício, R. & Mendes, V.M.F. & Catalão, J.P.S., 2010. "Power converter topologies for wind energy conversion systems: Integrated modeling, control strategy and performance simulation," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 35(10), pages 2165-2174.
    8. Hasan, Nor Shahida & Rosmin, Norzanah & Osman, Dygku. Asmanissa Awg. & Musta’amal@Jamal, Aede Hatib, 2017. "Reviews on multilevel converter and modulation techniques," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 163-174.
    9. Johan Forslund & Staffan Lundin & Karin Thomas & Mats Leijon, 2015. "Experimental Results of a DC Bus Voltage Level Control for a Load-Controlled Marine Current Energy Converter," Energies, MDPI, vol. 8(5), pages 1-15, May.

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