Neutral-point potential balancing of three-level inverters in direct-driven wind energy conversion system

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-29

  Xia, Changliang ^a   Gu, Xin ^a   Shi, Tingna ^a   Yan, Yan ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boost three level (TL) chopper; Direct driven wind energy system; Neutral point (NP) potential balancing; Redundant vector selection (RVS); Switch signal phase delay control (SSPDC); TL diode clamped inverter

Indexed keywords

DIRECT-DRIVEN; NEUTRAL-POINT (NP) POTENTIAL BALANCING; REDUNDANT VECTORS; THREE-LEVEL; TL DIODE-CLAMPED INVERTER;

DIODES; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ENERGY CONVERSION; POWER CONVERTERS; PUMPS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 79951955836     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2010.2060487     Document Type: Article

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