A novel configuration for a cascade inverter-based dynamic voltage restorer with reduced energy storage requirements

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 881-888

  Al Hadidi, Husam K ^a   Gole, A M ^a   Jacobson, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MANITOBA HYDRO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cascade inverter; Dynamic voltage restorer (DVR); Multilevel converter; Optimization; Shunt inductor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; THYRISTORS; TOPOLOGY; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

CASCADE INVERTER; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENTS; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; SHUNT INDUCTOR;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 42249088244     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2007.915989     Document Type: Article

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