Analysis of multi-carrier PWM methods for back-to-back HVDC systems based on modular multilevel converters

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 4391-4396

  Konstantinou, Georgios S ^a   Ciobotaru, Mihai ^a   Agelidis, Vassilios G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

high voltage direct current (HVDC); Modular multilevel converter (MMC); Pulse width modulation (PWM); voltage balancing

Indexed keywords

DC-LINK VOLTAGES; DQ-FRAME; HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT; HVDC SYSTEMS; MODULAR MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; MULTI CARRIER; OUTPUT WAVEFORM; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (PWM); SUBMODULES; VOLTAGE BALANCING; WAVE FORMS;

COUNTING CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; MODULATION; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

EID: 84856527794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2011.6120031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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