Control challenges and solutions for a multi-cellular converter for use in electricity networks

EPE Journal (European Power Electronics and Drives Journal)

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 25-31

  Watson, Alan J ^a   Dang, H Q S ^a   Wheeler, Patrick W ^a   Clare, Jon C ^a   Mondai, Gopal ^a   Kenzelmann, Stephan ^b   Rufer, Alfred R ^b   De Novaes, Yales R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Converter control; High voltage converters; Multilevel converters; Power system control

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS;

CELLULARS; CONTROL CHALLENGES; CONTROL SOLUTIONS; CONVERTER CONTROLS; CONVERTER STRUCTURE; DISTRIBUTED ENERGY STORAGES; ELECTRICITY NETWORKS; HIGH-VOLTAGE CONVERTER; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; POWER SYSTEMS CONTROL;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 77949342972     PISSN: 09398368     EISSN: 23769319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09398368.2009.11463734     Document Type: Article

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