Dynamic performance and control of a static var generator using cascade multilevel inverters

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 748-755

  Peng, Fang Zheng ^a   Lai, Jih Sheng ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Multilevel inverter; Static var generator

Indexed keywords

CASCADE CONNECTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REACTIVE POWER; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CASCADE MULTILEVEL INVERTERS; STATIC VAR GENERATOR (SVG);

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 0031140759     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.585865     Document Type: Article

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