A 6.6-kV transformerless cascade PWM STATCOM. Experimental verification by a three-phase 200-V, 10-kVA laboratory system

Electrical Engineering in Japan (English translation of Denki Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-64

  Yoshii, Tsurugi ^a   Inoue, Shigenori ^a   Akagi, Hirofumi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cascade statcom; Multilevel converter; Reactive power; Voltage balancing control

Indexed keywords

AC VOLTAGE; DC SIDE; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLIES; H-BRIDGES; HARMONIC FILTER; LABORATORY SYSTEM; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; PWM CONVERTER; SELF-STARTING; STATCOM; THREE PHASE; TRANSFORMERLESS; VOLTAGE SENSOR; VOLTAGE-BALANCING CONTROL;

COUNTING CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; REACTIVE POWER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 73649138932     PISSN: 04247760     EISSN: 15206416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eej.20822     Document Type: Article

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