Question

Write a project proposal on the topic Power Electronics Converters for Wind Turbine Systems

Answer 1

The steady growth of installed wind power together with the upscaling of the single wind turbine,power capability has pushed the research and development of power converters toward full-scale power conversion, lowered cost per kW, increased power density, and also the need for higher reliability.With the advanced technologies in power semiconductor devices,the devices are capable of carrying high currents and with stand high voltages and also have the better di/dt and dv/dt ratings.Power converter technologies are reviewed with focus on existing ones and on those that have potential for higher power but which have not been yet adopted due to the important risk associated with the high-power industry. The power converters are classified into single- and multicell topologies. It is concluded that as the power level increases in wind turbines, medium-voltage power converters will be a dominant power converter configuration, but continuously cost and reliability are important issues to be addressed.