Wind Energy Systems

Index

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Active power-frequency control, 87–88

AC-to-AC converters (cycloconverters), 104

AC-to-DC converters, 96, See also Rectifiers

AC-to-DC-to-AC converter, 240, 245

Adiabatic storage systems, 167

Admittance, per-unit and percent, 68

Africa, 9

Air circuit breakers, 81, 82, 83, 85

Alternating current (AC) energy storage, 156

Alternating current (AC) machines

asynchronous, 46–51, See also Induction generators

synchronous, 39–46, See also Synchronous generators

Alternating current (AC) power transmission, 61–62

American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), 1

Anemometer, 122

Angular velocity, 29

Arc interruption, 81–82

Armature, 38–39

synchronous machine, 39–40, 41

Asian wind energy markets, 7–8

Asymmetrical faults, 70, 70–71

Asynchronous generators, ...