Inner control of Modular Multilevel Converters - An approach using open-loop estimation of stored energy

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1579-1585

  Ängquist, Lennart ^a   Antonopoulos, Antonios ^a   Siemaszko, Daniel ^a   Ilves, Kalle ^a   Vasiladiotis, Michail ^a   Nee, Hans Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Modular Multilevel Converter; Modulation; Open loop control; Prototype

Indexed keywords

CAPACITOR VOLTAGES; DC VOLTAGE; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; FEEDBACK CONTROLLER; LOADING CONDITION; MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; NEW APPROACHES; OPEN LOOP CONTROL; OPEN LOOPS; OUTPUT CURRENT; PROTOTYPE; SELECTION MECHANISM; STORED ENERGY; SUBMODULES; VOLTAGE SHARING;

CONTROL THEORY; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ENERGY BALANCE; POWER ELECTRONICS;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 77956500071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPEC.2010.5544607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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