Modulation Index Regulation of a Multilevel Inverter for Static Var Compensation

2003 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 194-199

  Tolbert, Leon M ^a   Chiasson, John N ^a   Peng, Fang Z ^b  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Harmonic elimination; Multilevel inverter; Resultants; Static var compensation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HARMONIC DISTORTION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MODULATION; OPTIMIZATION; POWER TRANSMISSION;

MULTILEVEL INVERTERS; RESULTANTS; STATIC VAR COMPENSATION;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 1542329759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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