Modular multilevel converter based STATCOM topology suitable for medium-voltage unbalanced systems

Journal of Power Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 572-578

  Pirouz, Hassan Mohammadi ^a   Bina, Mohammad Tavakoli ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

DC voltage balancing; Medium voltage; Modular multilevel converter; STATCOM; Unbalanced currents

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT REGULATORS; PHASE SHIFT; REACTIVE POWER; STATIC SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATORS;

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; DC VOLTAGE BALANCING; HARMONIC CANCELLATION; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION; STATIC COMPENSATOR; UNBALANCED CURRENTS;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 77956917826     PISSN: 15982092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2010.10.5.572     Document Type: Article

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