Performance evaluation of a multicell topology implemented with single-phase nonregenerative cells under unbalanced supply voltages

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2969-2978

  Baier, Carlos R ^a   Guzmán, Johan I ^a   Espinoza, José R ^a   Pérez, Marcelo A ^b   Rodríguez, José R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

AC AC power conversion; Insulated gate bipolar transistor; Multicell single phase topology; Multilevel system; Power electronics; Variable speed drives

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES; BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

AC-AC POWER CONVERSION; MULTICELL SINGLE-PHASE TOPOLOGY; MULTILEVEL SYSTEM;

POWER ELECTRONICS; TOPOLOGY;

AC-AC POWER CONVERSION; CRITICAL APPLICATIONS; INPUT CURRENT UNBALANCE; MULTI-LEVEL SYSTEMS; MULTICELL; NON-REGENERATIVE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; SYMMETRICAL COMPONENTS; VOLTAGE UNBALANCES;

EID: 36248929812     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2007.903977     Document Type: Article

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