Low order harmonic cancellation in a grid connected multiple inverter system via current control parameter randomization

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 885-892

  Armstrong, Matthew ^a   Atkinson, David J ^a   Johnson, C Mark ^b   Abeyasekera, Tusitha D ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low order harmonics; Multiple inverter systems; Net harmonics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; TWO TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

HARMONIC CANCELLATION; LOW ORDER HARMONICS; MULTIPLE INVERTER SYSTEMS; NET HARMONICS;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 22944452725     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2005.850949     Document Type: Article

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