DC capacitor voltage equalization in neutral clamped inverters for DSTATCOM application

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2768-2775

  Srikanthan, S ^a   Mishra, Mahesh Kumar ^b  

^a Siemens Ltd India   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Distribution STATic COMpensator (DSTATCOM); Hysteresis band current control; Instantaneous symmetrical component theory; Voltage source inverter (VSI)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITOR VOLTAGES; CARRIER-BASED PULSEWIDTH MODULATION; CLAMPED INVERTER; CONTROL SCHEMES; DC CAPACITOR; DC COMPONENTS; DISTRIBUTION STATIC COMPENSATOR; DSTATCOM; HYSTERESIS BAND CURRENT CONTROL; INSTANTANEOUS SYMMETRICAL COMPONENT THEORY; LOAD COMPENSATION; NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED INVERTERS; REFERENCE VALUES; THREE-LEVEL; THREE-PHASE FOUR-WIRE; TRACKING PERFORMANCE; VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER; ZERO SEQUENCE CURRENT;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CHOPPERS (CIRCUITS); ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; HYSTERESIS;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 77954580512     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2022069     Document Type: Article

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