Minimizing the circulation current in hexagram medium-voltage variable-speed drive by coupled inductors

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3421-3430

  Wen, Jun ^a   Zhou, Liang ^b   Smedley, Keyue ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled inductor; hexagram converter; medium voltage (MV); motor drive; multilevel converter

Indexed keywords

COUPLED INDUCTOR; HEXAGRAM CONVERTER; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; MOTOR DRIVE; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER;

ELECTRIC DRIVES; MAGNETIC CIRCUITS;

INDUCTANCE;

EID: 79960348860     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2090830     Document Type: Article

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