A versatile DC-DC converter for energy collection and distribution using the modular multilevel converter

Proceedings of the 2011 14th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kenzelmann, Stephan ^a   Rufer, Alfred ^a   Vasiladiotis, Michail ^a   Dujic, Drazen ^b   Canales, Francisco ^b   De Novaes, Yales R ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AC AC converter; Converter control; High frequency power converter; High voltage power converters; Multilevel converters

Indexed keywords

AC/AC CONVERTER; CONVERTER CONTROLS; HIGH FREQUENCY POWER CONVERTER; HIGH VOLTAGE POWER CONVERTERS; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER;

CIRCUIT BREAKING ARCS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; POWER ELECTRONICS; TRANSFORMER PROTECTION;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 80053506362     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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