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Design of a Medium Voltage Generator with DC-Cascade for High Power Wind Energy Conversion Systems
Jonas Steffen, Sebastian Lengsfeld, Marco Jung, Bernd Ponick, Mercedes Herranz Gracia, Aristide Spagnolo, Markus Klöpzig, Klaus Schleicher, Klaus Schäfer
April 20, 2023
This paper shows a new concept to generate medium voltage (MV) in wind power application to avoid an additional transformer. Therefore, the generator must be redesigned with additional constraints and a new topology for the power rectifier system by using multiple low voltage (LV) power rectifiers connected in series and parallel to increase the DC output voltage. The combination of parallel and series connection of rectifiers is further introduced as DC-cascade. With the resulting DC-cascade, medium output voltage is achieved with low voltage rectifiers and without a bulky transformer. This approach to form a DC-cascade reduces the effort required to achieve medium DC voltage with a simple rectifier system. In this context, a suitable DC-cascade control was presented and verified with a laboratory test setup. A gearless synchronous generator, which is highly segmented so that each segment can be connected to its own power rectifier, is investigated. Due to the mixed AC and DC voltage given by the DC-cascade structure, it becomes more demanding to the design of the generator insulation, which influences the copper fill factor and the design of the cooling system. A design strategy for the overall generator design is carried out considering the new boundary conditions.
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DC-cascade, medium voltage insulation, permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG), power rectifier, wind energy conversion systems (WECS)
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Steffen J, Lengsfeld S, Jung M, Ponick B, Herranz Gracia M, Spagnolo A, Klöpzig M, Schleicher K, Schäfer K. Design of a Medium Voltage Generator with DC-Cascade for High Power Wind Energy Conversion Systems. (2023). LAPSE:2023.32558
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Steffen J: Department Converters and Drive Technology, Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology, 34119 Kassel, Germany [ORCID]
Lengsfeld S: Department Converters and Drive Technology, Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology, 34119 Kassel, Germany
Jung M: Department Converters and Drive Technology, Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology, 34119 Kassel, Germany; Institute of Technology, Resource and Energy-Efficient Engineering, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, [ORCID]
Ponick B: Institute for Drive Systems and Power Electronics, Leibniz University Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
Herranz Gracia M: Corporate Technology, Siemens AG, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Spagnolo A: Corporate Technology, Siemens AG, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Klöpzig M: Corporate Technology, Siemens AG, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Schleicher K: Corporate Technology, Siemens AG, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Schäfer K: Flender GmbH, Vogelweiherstr. 1-15, 90441 Nürnberg, Germany [ORCID]
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Energies
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14
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11
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3106
Year
2021
Publication Date
2021-05-26
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1996-1073
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