Analysis and calculation of zero-sequence voltage considering neutral-point potential balancing in three-level NPC converters

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2262-2271

  Wang, Chenchen ^a   Li, Yongdong ^b  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Balancing algorithm; Neutral point clamped (NPC); Neutral point (NP) potential; Zero sequence voltage

Indexed keywords

BALANCING ALGORITHMS; CARRIER-BASED PULSEWIDTH MODULATION; INTERPOLATION METHOD; NEUTRAL CURRENTS; NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED; NEUTRAL POINT POTENTIAL; THREE-LEVEL; THREE-LEVEL NEUTRAL-POINT-CLAMPED CONVERTER; ZERO SEQUENCE VOLTAGE;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; POWER CONVERTERS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77953604727     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2024093     Document Type: Article

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