Wind turbine for producing electrical power and a method of operating the same
AssigneeAlstom
InventorGeorg Moehlenkamp
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Abstract
A wind turbine includes a turbine rotor with at least one blade and a generator with a rotor and a stator. The turbine rotor is mechanically coupled with the rotor of the generator. A diode rectifier is electrically coupled to the stator of the generator. A direct current link is electrically coupled with the diode rectifier. A line converter is electrically coupled with the direct current link.
Claims20
A wind turbine for producing electrical power comprising:
- a turbine rotor with at least one blade;
- a generator with a rotor and a stator, the turbine rotor being mechanically coupled with the rotor of the generator;
- a diode rectifier being electrically coupled to the stator of the generator;
- a direct current link being electrically coupled with the diode rectifier;
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- a line converter being electrically coupled with the direct current link.
A method of operating a wind turbine, the wind turbine comprising a turbine rotor with at least one blade, a generator with a rotor and a stator, the turbine rotor being mechanically coupled with the rotor of the generator, a diode rectifier being electrically coupled to the stator of the generator, a direct current link being electrically coupled
- with the diode rectifier, and a line converter being electrically coupled with the direct current link, and the method comprising:
- measuring an actual power flowing through the line converter;
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- adjusting the actual power to a given desired power of the wind turbine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.