Five level diode clamped voltage source inverter and its application in reactive power compensation

LESCOPE 2002 - 2002 Large Engineering Systems Conference on Power Engineering: Energy for the Future, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 86-92

  Kincic, S ^a   Chandra, A ^a   Babic, S ^b  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

fundamental frequency modulation switching strategy; multilevel voltage source inverter; STATCOM

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT REGULATORS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MODULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; REACTIVE POWER; STATIC SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATORS; SWITCHING;

FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; ITS APPLICATIONS; MULTILEVEL VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER; OPTIMIZATION OF SWITCHING; REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION; SWITCHING STRATEGIES; UNBALANCED CONDITION; VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 49949097134     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LESCPE.2002.1020671     Document Type: Conference Paper

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