Power flow control through the UNIFLEX-PM under different network conditions

EPE Journal (European Power Electronics and Drives Journal)

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 32-41

  Bifaretti, Stefano ^a   Zanchetta, Pericle ^b   Ciobotaru, Mihai ^c   Iov, Florin ^c   Clare, Jon C ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Converter control; Multi level Converters; Power distribution; Smart grid

Indexed keywords

AC-AC POWER CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM CONTROL; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; POWER CONTROL; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CONVERTER CONTROLS; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION SYSTEM; ELECTRICITY NETWORKS; ENERGY; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; NETWORK CONDITION; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; POWER FLOW CONTROLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SMART GRID;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

EID: 77949388396     PISSN: 09398368     EISSN: 23769319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09398368.2009.11463735     Document Type: Article

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