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A Three-Phase Phase-Modular Single-Ended Primary-Inductance Converter Rectifier Operating in Discontinuous Conduction Mode for Small-Scale Wind Turbine Applications

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  • Guilherme Ferreira de Lima

    (Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Technology-Paraná—UTFPR, Ponta Grossa 84017-220, PR, Brazil
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • William de Jesus Kremes

    (Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Technology-Paraná—UTFPR, Ponta Grossa 84017-220, PR, Brazil
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Hugo Valadares Siqueira

    (Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Technology-Paraná—UTFPR, Ponta Grossa 84017-220, PR, Brazil
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Bahar Aliakbarian

    (Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, The Axia Institute, Michigan State University, 1910 West St. Andrews Rd, Midland, MI 48640, USA
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Attilio Converti

    (Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Genoa, Via Opera Pia, 15, 16145 Genoa, Italy
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Carlos Henrique Illa Font

    (Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Technology-Paraná—UTFPR, Ponta Grossa 84017-220, PR, Brazil
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

Small-scale wind turbines play an important role in distributed generation since customers can use their houses, farms, and business to produce electric energy. The development of the power electronics system that processes the electric energy from small-scale wind turbines is a concern due to cost, simplicity, efficiency, and performance trade-offs. This paper presents the results of applying a three-phase phase-modular single-ended primary-inductance converter rectifier to processing the energy of a small-scale wind turbine system. The rectifier was designed according to the specifications of a commercial small-scale wind turbine system and tested in an emulator workbench, providing experimental data on the operation of the rectifier in this application. The rectifier can process the energy of a non-sinusoidal three-phase system since the permanent magnet synchronous generator has trapezoidal waveforms. The results show that the rectifier has the advantages of (i) using the inductance of the generator as the input filter inductor of the rectifier, (ii) providing input currents with the same shape as the voltages and in phase without the use of a current control system, (iii) simplicity of control of the DC output voltage and PWM modulation, and (iv) phase-modular characteristics that allow operating with phase fault without any additional control techniques. Due to the operation in discontinuous conduction mode, low efficiency in high power and/or low input voltage specifications are disadvantages.

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  • Guilherme Ferreira de Lima & William de Jesus Kremes & Hugo Valadares Siqueira & Bahar Aliakbarian & Attilio Converti & Carlos Henrique Illa Font, 2023. "A Three-Phase Phase-Modular Single-Ended Primary-Inductance Converter Rectifier Operating in Discontinuous Conduction Mode for Small-Scale Wind Turbine Applications," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(13), pages 1-18, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:13:p:5220-:d:1188822
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