Analysis of DC voltage ripples in modular multilevel converters

2010 International Conference on Power System Technology: Technological Innovations Making Power Grid Smarter, POWERCON2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Guan, Minyuan ^a   Xu, Zheng ^a   Li, Huijie ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ALSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

DC voltage ripples; Double line frequency; Modular multilevel converter; Negative sequence; Phase unit; Sub module; Voltage sourced converter high voltage direct current

Indexed keywords

DC VOLTAGE; DOUBLE LINE; MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; NEGATIVE SEQUENCE; PHASE UNIT; SUB-MODULE; VOLTAGE SOURCED CONVERTERS;

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; INNOVATION; POWER GENERATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 78751537758     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/POWERCON.2010.5666128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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