Effects of imbalances and nonlinear loads on the voltage balance of a neutral-point-clamped inverter

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-131

  Pou, J ^a   Boroyevich, D ^b   Pindado, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear imbalances; Nearest vectors; Neutral point balance; Nonlinear loads; Space vector modulation; Three level inverter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

LINEAR IMBALANCES; NEAREST VECTORS; NEUTRAL POINT BALANCE; NONLINEAR LOADS; SPACE VECTOR MODULATION; THREE LEVEL INVERTER;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 12744268206     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2004.839823     Document Type: Article

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