Modularity of Grid Inverters in Modern Power Systems

Conference: Bauelemente der Leistungselektronik und ihre Anwendungen 2017 - 7. ETG-Fachtagung
04/06/2017 - 04/07/2017 at Bad Nauheim, Deutschland

Proceedings: Bauelemente der Leistungselektronik und ihre Anwendungen 2017

Pages: 7Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Gkountaras, Aris; Strafiel, Christian; Buschmeyer, Tobias; Bartsch, Matthias (WRD Wobben Research and Development GmbH, Borsigstr. 26, 26607 Aurich, Germany)

Abstract:
This work discusses the benefits of a modular scheme for grid inverters of various components of modern power systems. The grid applications considered in this work are wind turbines, battery packs and static synchronous compensators (STATCOM). The grid connecting scheme is based on the parallel connection of several inverter-modules. The advantages of such a concept as far as reliability, costoptimization and grid behavior are in detail presented. Field measurements of a wind turbine validate the optimal grid behavior of the modular topology.