A unity PF AC-DC converter in tidal/wind based turbine generation for optimal power extraction

• Main Author: Ho, Raymond Jauy Hong.
• Other Authors: Ali Iftekhar Maswood
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Power electronics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49873
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The focus of this report is on high efficiency DC-AC inverter research in order to achieve a unity power factor converter used in tidal/wind based power generation for optimal power extraction. Research has been done on hard switching three phase PWM inverter and factors causing power loss. Various...