Submodule capacitance parameter and voltage balancing scheme of a new multilevel VSC modular

Zhongguo Dianji Gongcheng Xuebao/Proceedings of the Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Ding, Guan Jun ^a   Ding, Ming ^b   Tang, Guang Fu ^a   He, Zhi Yuan ^a  

^a CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Capacitance parameter design; Capacitor voltage balancing; High voltage direct current transmission (HVDC); Modular multilevel voltage source converter; Precharge; Submodule

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CAPACITORS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

CAPACITANCE PARAMETER; CAPACITOR VOLTAGE BALANCING; HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT TRANSMISSION; PRE-CHARGE; SUBMODULES; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTERS;

CAPACITANCE;

EID: 70749107884     PISSN: 02588013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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