Neutral point balancing for three phase three level voltage source converter (Case Study: STATCOM)

International Review on Modelling and Simulations

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 753-758

  Javadi, M S ^a   Joorabian, M ^b   Seifossadat, S Gh ^c   Noshad, B ^a  

^a SCU

^b Department of Electrical Engineering ^*

^c SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Neutral point balancing; STATCOM; Three level inverter; Voltage source converter

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956101533     PISSN: 19749821     EISSN: 25331701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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