A multilevel buck converter based rectifier with sinusoidal inputs and unity power factor for medium voltage (4160-7200 V) applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 853-863

  Zhang, Michael Lan ^a   Wu, Bin ^a   Xiao, Yuan ^b   Dewinter, Frank A ^b   Sotudeh, Reza ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROCKWELL AUTOMATION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buck converter; Medium voltage applications; Multilevel converters; Power factor control

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; POWER CONTROL; POWER ELECTRONICS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATING CURRENT MOTOR DRIVES; LINE CURRENT HARMONIC DISTORTION; LINE INDUCTANCE; MULTILEVEL BUCK CONVERTER; MULTILEVEL DIODE RECTIFIER; MULTIWINDING TRANSFORMER; POWER FACTOR CONTROL; RECTIFIER TOPOLOGY; SINUSOIDAL INPUTS; UNITY POWER FACTOR;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0036875971     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2002.805600     Document Type: Article

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