Experimental implementation of a multilevel converter for power system integration

2009 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2232-2238

  Watson, Alan J ^a   Dang, H Q S ^a   Mondal, Gopal ^a   Clare, Jon C ^a   Wheeler, Patrick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Industrial electronics; Industrial power system control; Multilevel converters; Power distribution

Indexed keywords

CONTROL METHODS; CONVERTER STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY NETWORKS; IMPROVING POWER; INDUSTRIAL POWER SYSTEM CONTROL; LOW-VOLTAGE GRID; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; POWER DISTRIBUTION; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; POWER LEVELS; POWER MANAGEMENTS; POWER SYSTEM INTEGRATION; PROTOTYPE CONVERTER; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; SYSTEM VOLTAGE; TARGET APPLICATION;

ELECTRIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ENERGY CONVERSION; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 72449160568     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2009.5316176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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