A modular multilevel PWM inverter for medium-voltage motor drives

2009 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2557-2564

  Hagiwara, Makoto ^a   Nishimura, Kazutoshi ^a   Akagi, Hirofumi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cascade connection; Medium voltage motor drives; Modular multilevel PWM inverters

Indexed keywords

CAPACITOR VOLTAGES; CONTROL METHODS; IN-LINE; LABORATORY SYSTEM; LOAD TORQUES; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; MODULAR MULTILEVEL PWM INVERTERS; OPERATING PERFORMANCE; POWER SWITCHING DEVICES; PWM INVERTER; ROTATING SPEED; THEORETICAL EQUATION; VOLTAGE FLUCTUATIONS; VOLTAGE RATINGS;

BLOWERS; CASCADE CONNECTIONS; COMPRESSORS; COUNTING CIRCUITS; DRIVES; ENERGY CONVERSION; MOTORS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

ELECTRIC DRIVES;

EID: 72449193708     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2009.5316479     Document Type: Conference Paper

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