Theoretical framework for minimizing converter losses and harmonics in a multilevel STATCOM

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2376-2384

  Sternberger, Ronny ^a   Jovcic, Dragan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Harmonic distortion; Multilevel converter; Resonances; Static synchronous compensator (STATCOM)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; DC TRANSFORMERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; RESONANCE;

COMPLEX STRUCTURES; CONVERTER LOSSES; DC VOLTAGES; DESIGN STEPS; DIGITAL SIMULATIONS; EQUIVALENT CAPACITANCES; LEAKAGE INDUCTANCES; LOW LOSSES; LOW-VOLTAGE; MULTILEVEL; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; OPTIMAL PARAMETERS; STATCOM; STATIC SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATOR (STATCOM); STATIC SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATORS; SYSTEM PARAMETERS; TRIPLEN HARMONICS; WAVE CONTROLS;

SYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY;

EID: 54049142405     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2008.923069     Document Type: Article

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