Theoretical analysis and control of the modular multilevel cascade converter based on double-star chopper-cells (MMCC-DSCC)

2010 International Power Electronics Conference - ECCE Asia -, IPEC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2029-2036

  Hagiwara, Makoto ^a   Maeda, Ryo ^a   Akagi, Hirofumi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grid connected converter; Modular multilevel cascade converter; Voltage balancing control

Indexed keywords

ARM STRUCTURES; DC CAPACITOR; GRID-CONNECTED; MODULAR MULTILEVEL CASCADE CONVERTER; OPERATING CONDITION; UTILITY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; VOLTAGE BALANCING; VOLTAGE BALANCING CONTROL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ROTARY CONVERTERS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 77956498012     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPEC.2010.5543517     Document Type: Conference Paper

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