Self-voltage balancing for the five-level back-to-back conveter using Multilevel DTC and type-2 fuzzy logic controller

Mediterranean Journal of Measurement and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 491-506

  Boulkhrachef, S ^a   Berkouk, E M ^b   Barkat, S ^a,c   Benkhoris, M F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDEA   (Algeria)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE POLYTECHNIQUE   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF M'SILA   (Algeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Balancing capacitor voltages; Direct torque control DTC; High voltage direct current (HVDC); Induction machine; NPC multilevel inverter; Pulse width modulation (PWM) rectifier; Redundant voltage vectors; Type 2 fuzzy systems

Indexed keywords

CAPACITOR VOLTAGES; DIRECT TORQUE CONTROL; HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT; INDUCTION MACHINES; MULTILEVEL INVERTER; PULSE-WIDTH MODULATION RECTIFIERS; TYPE-2 FUZZY SYSTEMS; VOLTAGE VECTORS;

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEMS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84867072547     PISSN: 17439310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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