Analysis of modular multilevel converter capacitor voltage balancing based on phase voltage redundant states

IET Power Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 726-738

  Zhang, Y ^a   Adam, G P ^a   Lim, T C ^a   Finney, S J ^a   Williams, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITOR VOLTAGE BALANCING; DEVICE CURRENTS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; MODULATION STRATEGY; PHASE VOLTAGE; THREE-LEVEL; VOLTAGE PHASE; VOLTAGE STRESS;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

CAPACITORS;

EID: 84865844309     PISSN: 17554535     EISSN: 17554543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2010.0305     Document Type: Article

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