Circulating harmonic current elimination of a CPS-PWM-based modular multilevel converter with a plug-in repetitive controller

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2083-2097

  Zhang, Ming ^a   Huang, Long ^a   Yao, Wenxi ^a   Lu, Zhengyu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carrier phase shift pulse width modulation (CPS PWM); circulating harmonic current suppression; modular multilevel converter (MMC); repetitive controller

Indexed keywords

CPS-PWM; HARMONIC CURRENT ELIMINATION; HARMONIC CURRENTS; MODULAR MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; PLUG-IN REPETITIVE CONTROLLERS; PROPORTIONAL INTEGRAL CONTROLLERS; REPETITIVE CONTROLLER; STEADY STATE PERFORMANCE;

COUNTING CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

PHASE SHIFTERS;

EID: 84886700351     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2269140     Document Type: Article

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