Network-friendly low-switching-frequency multipulse high-power three-level PWM rectifier

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1254-1262

  Pontt, Jorge A ^a,b   Rodríguez, José R ^a   Liendo, Alvaro ^c   Newman, Patricio ^a   Holtz, Joachim ^d   San Martin, Juan M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b ETT Ltd   (Chile)

^c INSTITUT FOURIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic compatibility; Low switching commutation; Optimal control; Power conversion harmonics; Pulsewidth modulation (PWM); Selective harmonic elimination (SHE)

Indexed keywords

LOW SWITCHING COMMUTATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL; POWER CONVERSION HARMONICS; PULSEWIDTH MODULATION (PWM); SELECTIVE HARMONIC ELIMINATION (SHE);

COUNTING CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETISM; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER CONVERTERS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SWITCHING;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 65549122211     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.2007998     Document Type: Article

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