Fault detection and protection of three-level neutral-point-clamped PWM voltage source converters

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wang, Fred ^a   Lai, Rixin ^a   Yuan, Xibo ^a   Luo, Fang ^a   Burgos, Rolando ^a   Boroyevich, Dushan ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure modes; Fault detection; Protection; Three level neutral point clapmed converter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ELECTROLYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; POWER CONVERTERS; UNDERGROUND CABLES;

DCLINK VOLTAGES; GROUND FAULT DETECTIONS; GROUND FAULTS; LIMITING METHODS; NEUTRAL VOLTAGES; OVERVOLTAGE; PROTECTION; PROTECTION METHODS; SAFE OPERATIONS; THREE-LEVEL NEUTRAL-POINT-CLAPMED CONVERTER; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTERS;

FAULT DETECTION;

EID: 57949085655     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/08IAS.2008.281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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