Optimal control of a dual three-level inverter system for medium-voltage drives

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Holtz, Joachim ^a   Oikonomou, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Low switching frequency; Medium voltage drives; Multilevel inverters; Series connection of inverters; Synchronous optimal pulsewidth modulation

Indexed keywords

DRIVES; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; MODULATION; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; TOPOLOGY;

LOW SWITCHING FREQUENCY; MEDIUM VOLTAGE DRIVES; MULTILEVEL INVERTERS; SERIES CONNECTION OF INVERTERS; SYNCHRONOUS OPTIMAL PULSEWIDTH MODULATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 57949114741     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/08IAS.2008.304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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