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Electricity and Electronics for Renewable Energy Technology
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Electricity and Electronics for Renewable Energy Technology

by Ahmad Hemami
September 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
824 pages
22h 58m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Electricity and Electronics for Renewable Energy Technology

21Electronic Power Converters in Wind Turbines and Solar Photovoltaic Systems

OBJECTIVES: After studying this chapter, you will be able to

  • Name the principal components of a wind turbine
  • Understand that wind turbines can work in different ways based on the type of their generator
  • Describe how many ways solar energy can be utilized
  • Describe how solar energy is converted to electric energy
  • Understand that, like batteries, the electricity from solar panels is DC in nature
  • Explain what type of electric generators are used in wind turbines
  • Explain why most wind turbine generators are not similar to those in other power plants
  • Describe how frequency can be changed in AC electricity
  • Define DFIG
  • Describe how a variable speed wind turbine works
  • Understand ...
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ISBN: 9781482261783