Three-phase multilevel PWM rectifiers based on conventional bidirectional converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 545-549

  Heldwein, Marcelo Lobo ^a   Mussa, Samir Ahmad ^a   Barbi, Ivo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AC DC power conversion; Circuit topology; Converters; Power electronics; Pulsewidth modulated power converters

Indexed keywords

AC-DC POWER CONVERSION; BIDIRECTIONAL CONVERTERS; CASCADED H-BRIDGE CONVERTER; FLYING CAPACITOR; HIGH EFFICIENCY; NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED; POWER FACTOR CORRECTORS; POWER QUALITY STANDARDS; PULSE-WIDTH MODULATION RECTIFIERS; PULSEWIDTH-MODULATED POWER CONVERTERS; PWM RECTIFIER; THREE-LEVEL;

COUNTING CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 77950537770     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2009.2032365     Document Type: Article

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