Evaluation of different carrier-based PWM methods for modular multilevel converters for HVDC application

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 388-393

  Hassanpoor, Arman ^a   Norrga, Staffan ^a   Nee, Hans Peter ^a   Angquist, Lennart ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

carrier based PWM; cell number optimization; low switching frequency

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEMS; CAPACITOR VOLTAGE RIPPLE; CARRIER BASED PWM; CELL NUMBER; GRID-CONNECTED; HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT; HVDC CONVERTER STATION; HVDC CONVERTERS; LOW SWITCHING FREQUENCY; MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; MODULATION ALGORITHM; OPERATION PERFORMANCE; OPTIMAL TRADEOFFS; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; WAVEFORM SYNTHESIS;

HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; OPTIMIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84872974834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2012.6388789     Document Type: Conference Paper

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