Apparatus and method for operating a wind turbine under low utility grid voltage conditions
US7966103B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 17, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2028 |
Classification
- 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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