Distributed, master-less control of modular DC-DC converters

Collection of Technical Papers - 2nd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1703-1711

  Gray, Michael S ^a,c   Gao, Zhiqiang ^a,d   Button, Robert M ^b,e  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ^*  (United States)

^d Center for Advanced Control Technologies   (United States)

^e Electrical Systems Research Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COSTS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; POWER CONVERTERS;

CONVERTER MODULES; MODULAR FUNCTIONS; POWER SHARING; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY;

DC MOTORS;

EID: 20344374666     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-5733     Document Type: Conference Paper

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