Method for charging a DC link of a wind turbine power electronic converter
AssigneeVestas Wind Systems
InventorsWeifu Yu, Anshuman Tripathi, Ravi Kandasamy
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AssigneeVestas Wind Systems
InventorsWeifu Yu, Anshuman Tripathi, Ravi Kandasamy
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The present invention relates to a method for charging a DC link of a power converter included in a wind turbine generator, the wind turbine generator comprising a generator side converter connected to an electrical generator and a grid side converter connectable, or connected, to an electrical grid through a grid circuit breaker, and a converter controller arranged to control at least the DC link, the DC link having a DC voltage level, the wind turbine generator comprising a wind turbine rotor arranged to rotate the electrical generator, wherein the method comprises rotating the wind turbine rotor whereby the electrical generator generates electrical power, rectifying the electrical power through at least one diode of the generator side converter in order to pre-charge the DC link to a DC voltage level, closing the grid circuit breaker when the DC voltage level is greater than a threshold level. The invention also relates to a wind turbine generator with a converter controller for controlling pre-charging of a DC link.
A method for charging a DC link in a wind turbine generator, the wind turbine generator comprising:
A wind turbine generator comprising:
A system comprising:
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