Converter Analysis for Small Wind Turbine Applications

Abstract

Current environmental concerns and expensive infrastructure costs have a significant impact on the adoption of wind turbine technology. Research on the technologies of small wind turbines, which are much smaller in size and capacity, has increased recently. These Small wind turbines have a minimal influence on the environment and require less infrastructure. They have a limited capacity for power generation, necessitating the connection of several turbines to generate usable power. Numerous topologies have been proposed by researchers to combine the power of several wind turbines, but these conventional topologies were primarily developed for high-power wind turbines and cannot be used to connect very small wind turbines because a sizable portion of the generated power would be lost in driving the sophisticated electronic components