Modular multilevel inverter with new modulation method and its application to photovoltaic grid-connected generator

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5063-5073

  Mei, Jun ^a   Xiao, Bailu ^b   Shen, Ke ^c   Tolbert, Leon M ^b   Zheng, Jian Yong ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic voltage balance; modular multilevel converter (MMC); phase disposition pulse width modulation (PDPWM); Photovoltaic (PV) grid connected; selective virtual loop mapping (SVLM)

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC VOLTAGE; GRID-CONNECTED; MODULAR MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; PHASE DISPOSITION PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (PDPWM); VIRTUAL LOOPS;

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; MAPPING; MODULATION;

PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

EID: 84877767482     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2243758     Document Type: Article

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