SYSTEM BASED ON THE FORWARD CONVERTER FOR CONNECTION TO THE GRID OF SMALL WIND TURBINES UP TO 1KW
Vanderlei Cardoso
Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC
Vanderlei Cardoso was born in Itajaí, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, in 1991. He received the B.Sc degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis in 2010. He worked as intern at the Power Electronics Institute (INEP), UFSC. His interests include inverters, high-voltage dc-dc converters, conversion systems for small wind turbines and switched-capacitor converters.
Rafael Eckstein
Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC
Rafael H. Eckstein received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil, in 2012, 2014, respectively. He is currently researching about power electronic inverters for low power wind turbines with the Department of Automation and Systems (DAS), (UFSC). His current interests include switched-capacitor converters, inverters, and grid-tie power electronic systems for small wind turbines.
Telles Lazzarin
Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC
Telles B. Lazzarin (S’09-M’12) was born in Criciúma, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, in 1979. He received the B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil, in 2004, 2006 and 2010, respectively. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEL) from the UFSC, and he also works as a Guest Researcher at the Power Electronics Institute (INEP), UFSC. His interests include switched-capacitor converters, inverters, parallel operation of inverters, high-voltage dc-dc converters, ac-ac power converters and conversion systems for small wind turbines. Dr Lazzarin is a member of the Brazilian Power Electronic Society (SOBRAEP), IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES).
Abstract
This paper proposes a system to connect a small wind turbine to the electric grid, which controls the current injected into the mains and it tracks the maximum power of the generator. The proposed system is based on a... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Vanderlei Cardoso (Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC)
- Rafael Eckstein (Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC)
- Telles Lazzarin (Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC)
Topic Areas
Wind Energy Conversion Systems , Grid Synchronization in Single-Phase Power Converters , Distributed Generation
Session
PS-1 » Poster Session I (11:10 - Monday, 30th November, Foyer)
