A comparison of two methods of estimating losses in the modular multi-level converter

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Oates, Colin ^a   Davidson, Colin ^a  

^a Alstom UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conduction losses; Multilevel converters; Switching losses; Voltage Source Converter (VSC)

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION LOSS; CONVERTER STATION; EQUIVALENT MODEL; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATLAB /SIMULINK; MODULAR MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; MULTI-MODULAR; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; NET PRESENT VALUE; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING LIFE; POWER-LOSSES; SWITCHING LOSS; SWITCHING LOSSES; TRANSMISSION LOSS; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTER (VSC); VSC-HVDC;

COMMERCE; POWER CONVERTERS; TOPOLOGY;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 80053543938     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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