Book description
The book presents the latest power conversion and control technology in
modern wind energy systems. It has nine chapters, covering technology
overview and market survey, electric generators and modeling, power
converters and modulation techniques, wind turbine characteristics and
configurations, and control schemes for fixed- and variable-speed wind
energy systems. The book also provides in-depth steady-state and dynamic
analysis of squirrel cage induction generator, doubly fed induction
generator, and synchronous generator based wind energy systems.
To illustrate the key concepts and help the reader tackle real-world
issues, the book contains more than 30 case studies and 100 solved
problems in addition to simulations and experiments. The book serves
as a comprehensive reference for academic researchers and practicing
engineers. It can also be used as a textbook for graduate students and
final year undergraduate students.
BIN WU, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at Ryerson University (Canada). He is an
NSERC/Rockwell Automation Industrial Research Chair and the founder of
the Laboratory for Electric Drive Applications and Research (LEDAR).
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Engineering Institute of Canada, and Canadian Academy of
Engineering.
YONGQIANG LANG, PhD, is a Senior Engineer in the State Grid Electric
Power Research Institute (China). He worked in the LEDAR WindTech
Laboratory at Ryerson University from November 2006 to June 2009 as a
postdoctoral fellow in the area of wind power.
NAVID ZARGARI, PhD, is a leading expert in medium voltage drives and
a practicing engineer for fifteen years. He has been with the Medium
Voltage Business of Rockwell Automation Canada since 1994, and has
in-depth knowledge of many aspects of adjustable speed drives and wind
energy systems.
SAMIR KOURO, PhD, is a research academic in the Electronics
Engineering Department of Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
(Chile).
