Elimination of low order harmonics in multilevel inverters using genetic algorithm

Journal of Power Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-139

  Salehi, Reza ^a   Farokhnia, Naeem ^a   Abedi, Mehrdad ^a   Hamid Fathi, Seyed ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genetic Algorithm (GA); Multi level Inverter; Selective Harmonic Elimination Pulse Width Modulation (SHEPWM)

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MODULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

FEASIBLE SOLUTION; LOW ORDER HARMONICS; LOWER ORDER HARMONICS; MULTILEVEL INVERTER; OPERATING POINTS; SELECTIVE HARMONIC ELIMINATION; SHE-PWM; SWITCHING STRATEGIES;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952974337     PISSN: 15982092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2011.11.2.132     Document Type: Article

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