Reduced Switching-frequency modulation and circulating current suppression for modular multilevel converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2009-2017

  Tu, Qingrui ^a   Xu, Zheng ^a   Xu, Lie ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circulating current; modular multilevel converter (MMC); negative sequence; phase shifted carrier; pulsewidth modulation

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING CURRENT; DC COMPONENTS; MODULAR MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; NEGATIVE SEQUENCE; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PHASE SHIFTED; PHASE-SHIFTED CARRIER; POWER-LOSSES; PROPORTIONAL INTEGRAL CONTROLLERS; PSCAD/EMTDC; SIMULATION RESULT; VOLTAGE BALANCING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUNTING CIRCUITS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

MODULATION;

EID: 79959710278     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2011.2115258     Document Type: Article

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