Modular multilevel converter with different submodule concepts-part I: Capacitor voltage balancing method

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4525-4535

  Solas, Estibaliz ^a   Abad, Gonzalo ^a   Barrena, Jon Andoni ^a   Aurtenetxea, Sergio ^b   Carcar, Ainhoa ^b   Zajac, Ludwik ^c  

^a MONDRAGON UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Ingeteam Technology SA   (Spain)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Capacitor voltage balancing control; HVDC; IGBTs; modular multilevel converter (MMC); multilevel converter topologies; pulse width modulation (PWM); submodule concept

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; POWER CONVERTERS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; THERMOANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

CAPACITOR VOLTAGE BALANCING; HVDC; IGBTS; MODULAR MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; SUBMODULES;

MODULATION;

EID: 84878136173     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2012.2210378     Document Type: Article

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