Offshore Wind Farms

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Modelling of power electronic components for evaluation of efficiency, power density and power-to-mass ratio of offshore wind power converters

R.A. Barrera-Cárdenas     Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

M. Molinas     Department of Engineering Cybernetics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Abstract

In an offshore environment, the efficiency (η), power density (ρ) and the power-to-mass ratio (γ) are performance indices of paramount importance in the design of the wind energy conversion systems in order to reduce investment costs, especially when most of the electrical conversion components are going to be located in the nacelle or tower of the wind turbine. This chapter describes ...