On energy storage requirements in modular multilevel converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-88

  Ilves, Kalle ^a   Norrga, Staffan ^a   Harnefors, Lennart ^b   Nee, Hans Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AC DC power converters; energy storage; HVDC transmission

Indexed keywords

AC-DC POWER CONVERTERS; GRID-CONNECTED CONVERTERS; HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS; HVDC TRANSMISSION; LOW SWITCHING FREQUENCY; MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; POWER TRANSFER CAPABILITY; STORAGE REQUIREMENTS;

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ENERGY STORAGE;

HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84880863213     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2254129     Document Type: Article

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