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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Robert Gregory Wagoner, Roanoke, VA (US);
Govardhan Ganireddy, Bangalore, IN;
Saurabh Shukla, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Rajni Kant Burra, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ravisekhar Nadimpalli Raju, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Rui Zhou, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Rajib Datta, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Leo Bollenbecker, Albany, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Power converters for use in wind turbine systems are included. For instance, a wind turbine system can include a wind driven doubly fed induction generator having a stator and a rotor. The stator is configured to provide a medium voltage alternating current power on a stator bus of the wind turbine system. The wind turbine system includes a power converter configured to convert a low voltage alternating current power provided by the rotor to a medium voltage multiphase alternating current output power suitable for provision to an electrical grid. The power converter includes a plurality conversion modules. Each conversion module includes a plurality of bridge circuits. Each bridge circuit includes a plurality of silicon carbide switching devices coupled in series. Each conversion module is configured to provide a single phase of the medium voltage multiphase alternating current output power on a line bus of the wind turbine system.