Comparison of DC-DC converter topologies for offshore wind-farm applications
Y Zhou, University of Edinburgh, UK
From session: Converters for renewable energy systems, From: PEMD 2012: Power Electronics, Machines and Drives Conference, 27 - 29 March 2012, Bristol, UK
27 March 2012 Power channel
>> Play webcastThis paper compares six DC/DC converter topologies for offshore wind HVDC applications. The topologies include five conventional transformer based topologies and one novel transformerless topology. Detailed models of the DC/DC converters are simulated using PLECS, and the component stress, component count and losses are presented. The overall performance of each topology is evaluated based on the simulated results.
Contributors:
Y Zhou, E Macpherson, University of Edinburgh, UK
W Blewitt, Converteam UK Ltd, UK
D Jovcic, University of Aberdeen, UK
