Power Electronics for the Next Generation Wind Turbine System

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-17
Promising Topologies and Power Devices for Wind Power Converter....Pages 19-29
Criteria and Tools for Evaluating Wind Power Converter....Pages 31-43
Thermal Stress of 10-MW Wind Power Converter Under Normal Operation....Pages 45-62
Stress Analysis of 3L-NPC Wind Power Converter Under Fault Condition....Pages 63-93
Conclusions and Future Works....Pages 95-97
Appendix....Pages 99-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
The Impacts of Power Switching Devices to the Thermal Performances of 10 MW Wind Power NPC Converter....Pages 107-122
Reliability-Cost Models for the Power Switching Devices of Wind Power Converters....Pages 123-138
Electro-Thermal Model of Power Semiconductors Dedicated for Both Case and Junction Temperature Estimation....Pages 139-143
Reactive Power Influence on the Thermal Cycling of Multi-MW Wind Power Inverter....Pages 145-157
Thermal Loading of Several Multilevel Converter Topologies for 10 MW Wind Turbines Under Low Voltage Ride Through....Pages 159-179
Another Groups of Thermal Optimized Modulation Methods of Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Inverter Under Low Voltage Ride Through....Pages 181-187
Limits of the Power Controllability of Three-Phase Converter with Unbalanced AC Source....Pages 189-196