A transformerless battery energy storage system based on a multilevel cascade PWM converter

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 4798-4804

  Maharjan, Laxman ^a   Inoue, Shigenori ^a   Akagi, Hirofumi ^a   Asakura, Jun ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Matsushita Battery Industrial Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active power control; BESS (battery energy storage system); Cascade converters; NiMH (nickel metal hydride) battery; SOC (state of charge) balancing

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; COUNTING CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLYWHEELS; METALS; MODULATION; NICKEL; POWER ELECTRONICS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TURBINES; WIND POWER;

ACTIVE POWER; ACTIVE-POWER CONTROL; BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; BESS (BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM); CASCADE CONVERTERS; CIRCUIT CONFIGURATIONS; CONTROL METHODS; ELECTRIC POWERS; LABORATORY SYSTEM; NICKEL METAL HYDRIDES; NIMH (NICKEL METAL HYDRIDE) BATTERY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PWM CONVERTERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; SOC (STATE-OF-CHARGE) BALANCING; STATE-OF-CHARGE; TRANSFORMERLESS; WIND TURBINE GENERATORS;

ENERGY STORAGE;

EID: 52349120165     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2008.4592732     Document Type: Conference Paper

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