Multilevel converter for traction applications: Small-scale prototype tests results

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2203-2212

  Carpita, Mauro ^a   Moser, David ^a   Marchesoni, Mario ^b   Pellerin, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AC DC converter; Multilevel systems; Traction motors drives; Transformer

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC TRACTION; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; TRACTION MOTORS;

AC/DC CONVERTER; MULTILEVEL SYSTEMS; TRACTION MOTORS DRIVES;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 44349120125     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.918645     Document Type: Article

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