Design considerations for high-power converters interfacing 10 MW superconducting wind power generators
- Author(s): Francisco Vedreño-Santos 1 ; Milijana Odavic 1 ; Yang Guan 1 ; Ziad Azar 2 ; Arwyn Sean Thomas 2 ; Guang-Jin Li 1 ; Zi-Qiang Zhu 1
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Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering , University of Sheffield , Sheffield , UK ;
2: Siemens Wind Power , Sheffield , UK
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Affiliations:
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Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering , University of Sheffield , Sheffield , UK ;
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Volume 10, Issue 12,
06
October
2017,
p.
1461 – 1467
DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2016.0512 , Print ISSN 1755-4535, Online ISSN 1755-4543
The design of power electronic converters for the integration of wind generated power into the grid is more and more important due to a new class of superconducting generators (SG) with power ratings of up to 20 MW. High efficiency of power converters for high-power applications is mandatory in order to reduce the overall cost of the system. This study proposes a design method to minimise the cost of the system by finding the optimal number of power devices and capacitors for different high-power converter topologies. The investigation focuses on determining the optimal number of voltage levels for a back-to-back (BTB) neutral point clamped (NPC) converter. The design method is demonstrated by estimating the cost of different BTB NPC power converter topologies for the integration of a 10 MW SG to the grid.
Inspec keywords: power convertors; power capacitors; wind power plants
Other keywords: neutral point clamped converter; power 10 MW; high-power applications; back-to-back converter; power electronic converters; power capacitors; BTB converter; design method; power devices; SG; high-power converter topologies; voltage levels; NPC power converter; superconducting wind power generators
Subjects: Wind power plants; Other power apparatus and electric machines; Power convertors and power supplies to apparatus
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