Research Article

Power Quality Control and Design of Power Converter for Variable-Speed Wind Energy Conversion System with Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Generator

Table 1

THD rates of IGBT-PWM power converter according to switching frequency values.

Switching frequency (%) (%) (%)

1 kHz90.7536.6636.47
2 kHz67.141.171.05
3 kHz67.50.580.36
4 kHz1.630.570.29
4.5 kHz1.710.50.27
4.6 kHz1.580.580.28
5 kHz1.620.590.29
6 kHz1.650.610.31
7 kHz1.690.570.33
8 kHz1.680.590.32
10 kHz1.970.670.48
15 kHz1.7410.550.50
20 kHz2.030.690.52