Five-level inverter for renewable power generation system

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-266

  Shen, Jia Min ^a   Jou, Hurng Liahng ^a   Wu, Jinn Chang ^a   Wu, Kuen Der ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Harmonic distortion; inverters; power electronics

Indexed keywords

FIVE LEVEL INVERTER; FULL-BRIDGE INVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICES; POWER ELECTRONIC SWITCHES; RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; SINUSOIDAL CURRENTS; SWITCHING OPERATIONS; SWITCHING POWER LOSS;

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; HARMONIC DISTORTION; POWER ELECTRONICS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84877923190     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2013.2252352     Document Type: Article

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