Evaluation of the Low-Frequency Neutral-Point Voltage Oscillations in the Three-Level Inverter

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 2179-2184

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

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

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

De link capacitors; Low frequency oscillation; Nearest vectors ; Neutral point balance; Three level inverter

Indexed keywords

DC-LINK CAPACITORS; LOW-FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; NEAREST VECTORS; NEUTRAL-POINT BALANCE; THREE-LEVEL INVERTER;

CAPACITORS; CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DC MACHINERY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY MODULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; VECTORS;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 1442310392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2003.1280581     Document Type: Conference Paper

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