A four-level converter with optimized switching patterns for high-speed electric drives

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1585-1591

  Weng, Haiqing ^a   Chen, Kunlun ^a   Zhang, Jianmei ^a   Datta, Rajib ^b   Huang, Xianghui ^b   Garces, Luis J ^b   Wagoner, Robert ^c   Ritter, Allen M ^c   Rotondo, Paola ^d  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GE ENERGY   (United States)

^d GE OIL AND GAS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; DRIVES; ELECTRIC DRIVES; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS TURBINES; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER ELECTRONICS; POWER GENERATION; POWER QUALITY; SPEED; SWITCHING; TOPOLOGY;

CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES; ELECTRICAL MACHINES; EXTERNAL-; HARMONIC FILTERING; HIGH POWER-HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH SPEEDS; LEVEL CONVERTERS; MOBILE POWER GENERATION; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PHASE BRIDGES; POWER LEVELING; PREDICTED PERFORMANCE; SWITCHING OPTIMIZATION; SWITCHING PATTERNS; SYNCHRONOUS SWITCHING;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 48349083714     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2007.4342232     Document Type: Conference Paper

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