Operation and control-oriented modeling of a power converter for current balancing and stability improvement of DC active distribution networks

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 877-885

  Lago, Jackson ^a   Heldwein, Marcelo Lobo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL PRINCIPLE; CONTROL-ORIENTED MODELING; CURRENT BALANCING; DC NETWORKS; DC SYSTEM; DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES; DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; OPERATION PRINCIPLES; POWER ELECTRONICS INTERFACE; POWER TRANSMISSION CAPABILITY; RESEARCH EFFORTS; STABILITY IMPROVEMENT; VOLTAGE STABILITY;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ENERGY RESOURCES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79957518932     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2105284     Document Type: Article

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