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Promising Topologies and Power Devices for Wind Power Converter

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Power Electronics for the Next Generation Wind Turbine System

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In this chapter, several promising converter topologies for the next generation wind power converter are first presented and discussed in respect to their advantages/drawbacks. Later, three potential power semiconductor devices for the wind power application are highlighted and basically evaluated.

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Ma, K. (2015). Promising Topologies and Power Devices for Wind Power Converter. In: Power Electronics for the Next Generation Wind Turbine System. Research Topics in Wind Energy, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21248-7_2

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