Faults analysis and remedial strategies in high power neutral point clamped converters

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2778-2783

  Bordignon, P ^b   Carpaneto, M ^c   Marchesoni, M ^a,c   Tenca, P ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FILTERING; ANSALDO; APPLICATIONS.; FAULT SCENARIOS; HIGH POWERS; HIGH-POWER APPLICATIONS; MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED CONVERTERS; RAILWAY TRACTIONS; REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION; REMEDIAL STRATEGIES; STATIC ENERGY; SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR DRIVES; SYSTEM PROTECTION;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ENERGY CONVERSION; PLANNING; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; REACTIVE POWER; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 52349093427     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2008.4592366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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