Start-up and dynamic modeling of the multilevel modular capacitor-clamped converter

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 519-531

  Khan, Faisal H ^a   Tolbert, Leon M ^c,d   Webb, William E ^b  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

^b Electric Power Research Institute EPRI   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DC DC power conversion; Power capacitors; Power conversion; Power electronics; Power semiconductor switches

Indexed keywords

CAPACITOR VOLTAGES; CAPACITOR-CLAMPED CONVERTERS; CHARGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS; CONVERSION RATIO; DC-DC POWER CONVERSION; DYNAMIC MODELING; LOW-VOLTAGE; POWER CAPACITOR; POWER CONVERSION; POWER SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; PROOF OF CONCEPT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION RESULT; STABLE OPERATION; START-UPS; STEADY STATE VOLTAGE; TIME INTERVAL;

CAPACITANCE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR; ION EXCHANGE; POWER ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES;

CAPACITORS;

EID: 77249178216     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2009.2025273     Document Type: Article

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