| Title |
20MW Wind Turbine System based on 5-level ANPC Inverter utilizing 10kV IGCT |
| Authors |
Tae-Yun Kim ; Yong-Sug Suh ; Jae-Hoon Choi ; Hee-Won Choi ; Hyeon-Cheol Park |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.6113/TKPE.2024.29.3.208 |
| Keywords |
20MW Wind-turbine system; 5-level ANPC inverter; 10kV IGCT device |
| Abstract |
Global warming is triggering many countries’ efforts to achieve zero carbon emissions. As part of this endeavor, the government is increasing the amount of eco-friendly power generation. Among them, the demand for wind power generators is increasing every year owing to the advantages of abundant resources and high efficiency and the ability to create high-power wind farms. To smoothly operate a high-output wind power generator, a high-output power converter is involved. The topology was previously connected in series or parallel to handle high power. This method is expensive because it requires many switches. By using a high-power switch element, a single topology can be configured without parallel connection. This research aims to investigate whether the ANPC topology using 10kV IGCT can handle the 20MW wind power generation system through heat loss analysis. |