An experimental investigation on a multilevel inverter for solar energy applications

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 157-167

  Kumar Chinnaiyan, Venkatachalam ^a   Jerome, Jovitha ^b   Karpagam, J ^a  

^a DR N G P INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Drives; Field programmable gate array; Inverters; Multi level inverter; Power converters; Power electronics; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

CASCADED MULTILEVEL INVERTERS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DIGITAL CONTROLLERS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HOT RESEARCH TOPICS; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; MULTILEVEL INVERTER; OUTPUT WAVEFORM; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONIC SWITCHES; POWER LEVELS; POWER QUALITY PROBLEM; SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS; SOLAR POWER CONVERSION; SWITCHING DEVICES; THREE PHASE; THREE-PHASE AC MOTOR; VOLTAGE LEVELS; VOLTAGE STRESS;

CONTROLLERS; DRIVES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ENERGY CONVERSION; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 84870322702     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2012.10.025     Document Type: Article

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