Implementation and control of a hybrid multilevel converter with floating DC links for current waveform improvement

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2304-2312

  Silva, César A ^a   Córdova, Leopoldo A ^a   Lezana, Pablo ^a   Empringham, Lee ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current control; harmonic distortion; power electronics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE RECTIFIERS; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; CURRENT CONTROL; CURRENT CONTROL SCHEMES; CURRENT WAVEFORMS; DC LINKS; DC-LINK VOLTAGES; FRONT END; H-BRIDGES; HARMONIC COMPENSATION; LOW POWER; MODULAR STRUCTURES; MODULATION TECHNIQUES; MULTI-OUTPUT; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; NEUTRAL-POINT-CLAMPED CONVERTER; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; OUTPUT WAVEFORM; SERIES ACTIVE FILTERS; VOLTAGE DISTORTIONS;

ACTIVE FILTERS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; POWER ELECTRONICS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 79956274936     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2064277     Document Type: Article

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