Model predictive current control of two-level four-leg inverters -Part i: Concept, algorithm, and simulation analysis

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3459-3468

  Yaramasu, Venkata ^a   Rivera, Marco ^b   Wu, Bin ^a   Rodriguez, Jose ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Control systems; current control; dc ac power conversion; digital control; discrete time signals; distributed generation; finite control set (FCS) model predictive control (MPC); four leg converters; grid connected; shunt active power filters (SAPFs)

Indexed keywords

DC-AC POWER CONVERSION; DIGITAL CONTROL; DISCRETE-TIME SIGNALS; FINITE CONTROL SET; FOUR-LEG CONVERTER; GRID-CONNECTED; SHUNT ACTIVE POWER FILTERS;

ACTIVE FILTERS; ALGORITHMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; POWER CONVERTERS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84872047146     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2227509     Document Type: Article

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