Comparison between two VSC-HVDC transmission technologies: Modular and neutral point clamped multilevel converter

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 277-282

  Adam, G P ^a   Anaya Lara, O ^a   Burt, G ^a   Finney, S J ^a   Williams, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

And voltage source converter high voltage DC transmission system; Modular multilevel converter; Neutral point clamped converter; Pulse width modulation

Indexed keywords

DC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; FAULT RIDE THROUGH CAPABILITY; HIGH VOLTAGE DC TRANSMISSION; HIGH-VOLTAGE DC TRANSMISSIONS; MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED; NEUTRAL POINTS; OPERATING CONDITION; THREE-LEVEL; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTERS; VSC-HVDC;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; POWER CONVERTERS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; TRANSMISSIONS;

HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77951594730     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2009.5414935     Document Type: Conference Paper

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