Programmable Sources and Loads Augment Wind-Turbine Development and Test
May 26, 2022
Evaluating the various tradeoffs in wind-turbine design requires extensive evaluation in simulation and measurement.
In this white paper, experts discuss how AC and DC power supplies and loads play a crucial role in developing and testing wind-turbine applications' hardware and control algorithms, as well as:
Programmable supplies can be used in test setups for the motors providing pitch and yaw control.
They can simulate batteries to provide for the test of DC/DC converters used in applications that include local battery storage.
A three-phase programmable AC source can simulate the generator, providing variable output voltages and frequencies.
Stricter guidelines imposed by version 3 of the IEC standard for harmonic current emissions push designers to embrace power-factor-correction methodologies.
The flyback topology is a versatile, widely used, switched-mode power-supply design with some interesting characteristics that brings performance and BOM advantages to many applications...
