Model predictive control of an asymmetric flying capacitor converter

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1839-1846

  Lezana, Pablo ^a   Aguilera, Ricardo ^b   Quevedo, Daniel E ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multilevel converters; Power electronics; Predictive control

Indexed keywords

DC-LINK VOLTAGES; FINITE-STATE MODELS; FLYING CAPACITOR CONVERTER; HIGH POWER FACTOR; INTERNAL FAULTS; LOAD CONDITION; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; MODULATION STRATEGY; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; OUTPUT CURRENT; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PARAMETER MISMATCHES; PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROL STRATEGY; ROBUSTNESS PROPERTIES; VOLTAGE RATIOS;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; DC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; POWER ELECTRONICS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 67649364562     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.2007545     Document Type: Article

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