Investigation of a low-cost grid-connected inverter for small-scale wind turbines based on a constant-current source PM generator
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2006
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Whaley, D.
Ertasgin, G.
Soong, W.
Ertugrul, N.
Darbyshire, J.
Dehbonei, H.
Nayar, C.
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32nd Annual Conference on Industrial Electronics, IECON 2006; pp.4297-4302
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David M. Whaley, Gurhan Ertasgin, Wen L. Soong, Nesimi Ertugrul, James Darbyshire, Hooman Dehbonei, Chem V. Nayar
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Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics (32nd : 2006 : Paris, France)
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This paper describes a novel low-cost grid-connected inverter for small-scale wind turbines based on a high-inductance PM generator operating in a constant-current output mode. The PM generator is connected to a switched-mode rectifier (SMR) which consists of an uncontrolled rectifier and a switch. The combination of the high-inductance generator and uncontrolled rectifier produces a constant DC current. The switch is used to modulate this current and produces an output current whose fundamental component is a full-wave rectified sinewave and is in-phase with the grid voltage. A line-frequency commutated H-bridge inverter and LC output filter is used to produce a sinusoidal output grid current. The concept is verified using simulations and experimental results
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© 2006 IEEE