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Apparatus and method for operating a wind turbine under low utility grid voltage conditions

US7966103B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 2008
Grant dateJun 21, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E10/76
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wind turbine and an associated method for controlling the output current from the wind turbine to an electric power grid and including the wind turbine and the method for controlling the current under conditions of grid voltage variations due to changing grid conditions as in the case when the wind turbine experiences and recovers from a fault.

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