Modulation and control for a new hybrid cascaded multilevel converter with DC blocking capability

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2227-2237

  Xue, Yinglin ^a   Xu, Zheng ^a   Tu, Qingrui ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical square wave modulation (ASWM); capacitor voltage balancing control; dc fault; hybrid cascaded multilevel converter (HCMC); phase shifted carrier (PSC)

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING CAPABILITY; CARRIER-BASED PULSEWIDTH MODULATION; CASCADED MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DC FAULT; ENERGY FLOW; FULL-BRIDGE; KEY PARTS; MODULATION SCHEMES; PHASE SHIFTED; PSCAD/EMTDC SIMULATIONS; SQUARE WAVE MODULATION; SUBMODULES; SWITCHING LOSS; VERY LOW FREQUENCY; VOLTAGE-SOURCE CONVERTER; WAVESHAPING;

CAPACITORS; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); PHASE SHIFT; POWER CONVERTERS;

MODULATION;

EID: 84866672443     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2012.2207743     Document Type: Article

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