Analytical determination of DC-bus utilization limits in multiphase VSI supplied AC drives

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 433-443

  Levi, Emil ^a   Dujic, Drazen ^a   Jones, Martin ^a   Grandi, Grabriele ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DC bus utilization; Multiphase ac drives; Multiphase voltage source inverters (VSIs); Pulse width modulation (PWM)

Indexed keywords

AC MACHINERY; LINEAR MOTORS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; STATORS;

LINEAR MODULATION; MULTIPHASE AC DRIVES; VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTERS;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 44349175607     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2008.921557     Document Type: Article

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