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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2010
Einar Vaughn Larsen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Robert William Delmerico, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Einar Vaughn Larsen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Robert William Delmerico, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for connection of a wind driven turbine generator to an HVDC transmission line is provided that does not require transformation of the wind generated AC voltage to a nominal AC distribution grid frequency. An AC output from the turbine generator is increased in level and converted to HVDC for direct application to a HVDC transmission line. The wind turbine generated AC may be first increased in frequency via a matrix converter and then rectified or may be first rectified and increased in level by a high-voltage DC-DC converter circuit and then applied directly to the HVDC transmission line.