Re-generative asymmetrical multi-level converter for multi-megawatt variable speed drives

2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3683-3690

  Song Manguelle, Joseph ^a,b,c   Thurnherr, Tobias ^a,d   Schröder, Stefan ^a   Rufer, Alfred ^e   Nyobe Yome, Jean Maurice ^f  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GE Oil and Gas   (France)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Lng; Medium voltage; Megawatt drive; Multilevel converter; Oil and gas; Vsi

Indexed keywords

LNG; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; MEGAWATT DRIVE; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; OIL AND GAS; VSI;

ELECTRIC DRIVES; ENERGY CONVERSION; FILTRATION; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78650104228     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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