Balanced grid currents in three-level voltage-source inverters connected to the utility under distorted condition using symmetrical components and linear quadratic regulator

2007 European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Alepuz, S ^a   Busquets, S ^a   Bordonau, J ^a   Pontt, J ^b   Silva, C ^b   Rodriguez J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Distributed power; Voltage Source Converter (VSC); Voltage Source Inverters (VSI); Wind energy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; ISOMERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SEPARATION;

DISTRIBUTED POWER; EUROPEAN; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTER (VSC); VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTERS (VSI); WIND ENERGY;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 51049111395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EPE.2007.4417492     Document Type: Conference Paper

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