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Title: Reliable, Efficient and Cost-Effective Electric Power Converter for Small Wind Turbines Based on AC-link Technology

Abstract

Grid-tied inverter power electronics have been an Achilles heel of the small wind industry, providing opportunity for new technologies to provide lower costs, greater efficiency, and improved reliability. The small wind turbine market is also moving towards the 50-100kW size range. The unique AC-link power conversion technology provides efficiency, reliability, and power quality advantages over existing technologies, and Princeton Power will adapt prototype designs used for industrial asynchronous motor control to a 50kW small wind turbine design.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Princeton Power Systems
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
889356
Report Number(s):
DOEGO13134-1
TRN: US200719%%431
DOE Contract Number:  
FG36-03GO13134
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POWER; INVERTERS; MARKET; MOTORS; RELIABILITY; WIND TURBINES; WIND POWER; Electric Power; wind energy; Converter; Invertor; power elctronics; small wind; asynchronous motor control; Wind Turbines

Citation Formats

Hammell, Darren, Holveck, Mark, and DOE Project Officer - Keith Bennett. Reliable, Efficient and Cost-Effective Electric Power Converter for Small Wind Turbines Based on AC-link Technology. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.2172/889356.
Hammell, Darren, Holveck, Mark, & DOE Project Officer - Keith Bennett. Reliable, Efficient and Cost-Effective Electric Power Converter for Small Wind Turbines Based on AC-link Technology. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/889356
Hammell, Darren, Holveck, Mark, and DOE Project Officer - Keith Bennett. 2006. "Reliable, Efficient and Cost-Effective Electric Power Converter for Small Wind Turbines Based on AC-link Technology". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/889356. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/889356.
@article{osti_889356,
title = {Reliable, Efficient and Cost-Effective Electric Power Converter for Small Wind Turbines Based on AC-link Technology},
author = {Hammell, Darren and Holveck, Mark and DOE Project Officer - Keith Bennett},
abstractNote = {Grid-tied inverter power electronics have been an Achilles heel of the small wind industry, providing opportunity for new technologies to provide lower costs, greater efficiency, and improved reliability. The small wind turbine market is also moving towards the 50-100kW size range. The unique AC-link power conversion technology provides efficiency, reliability, and power quality advantages over existing technologies, and Princeton Power will adapt prototype designs used for industrial asynchronous motor control to a 50kW small wind turbine design.},
doi = {10.2172/889356},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/889356}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006},
month = {Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006}
}