Predictive current control and DC-link capacitor voltages balancing for four-leg NPC inverters

IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yaramasu, V ^a   Wu, B ^a   Rivera, M ^b   Rodriguez, J ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Diode clamped; Four leg converters; NPC inverter; Predictive control; Three level converters

Indexed keywords

DIODE-CLAMPED; FOUR-LEG CONVERTER; NPC INVERTERS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL; THREE-LEVEL CONVERTERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; POWER CONVERTERS; SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

CAPACITORS;

EID: 84881619886     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.2013.6563598     Document Type: Conference Paper

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