A discontinuous PWM method for balancing the neutral point voltage in three-level inverter-fed variable frequency drives

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1057-1063

  Ben Brahim, Lazhar ^a  

^a Qatar University   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Discontinuous pulsewidth modulation; Energy saving; Gate turn off thyristor (GTO); Neutral point (NP) voltage; Neutral point clamped (NPC); Pulsewidth modulation (PWM); Three level inverter; Variable frequency drives (VFD)

Indexed keywords

COUNTING CIRCUITS; DRIVES; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR; POWER CONVERTERS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; THYRISTORS; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

DISCONTINUOUS PULSEWIDTH MODULATION; ENERGY SAVING; GATE TURN-OFF THYRISTOR (GTO); NEUTRAL POINT (NP) VOLTAGE; NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED (NPC); PULSEWIDTH MODULATION (PWM); THREE-LEVEL INVERTER; VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES (VFD);

MODULATION;

EID: 57749092675     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2008.2001435     Document Type: Article

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