A comparison of efficiency for three-level NPC and active NPC voltage source converters

CPE 2009 - 6th International Conference-Workshop - Compatability and Power Electronics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 331-336

  Floricau, Dan ^a   Popescu, Claudia Laurenta ^a   Popescu, Mihai Octavian ^a   Floricau, Elena ^a   Spataru, Lucian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM; HIGH-POWER; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; PWM STRATEGY; SIMULATION RESULT; THREE-LEVEL; TOTAL LOSS; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTERS;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 70350389035     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CPE.2009.5156055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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