Regenerative medium-voltage AC drive based on a multicell arrangement with reduced energy storage requirements

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 171-180

  Pérez, Marcelo A ^a   Espinoza, José R ^a   Rodríguez, José R ^b   Lezana, Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Energy storage reduction; Multilevel converter; Regenerative cell

Indexed keywords

DIODES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; REACTIVE POWER;

ENERGY STORAGE REDUCTION; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; REGENERATIVE CELL;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 13944267869     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2004.841095     Document Type: Article

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