Low-voltage-ride-through (LVRT) capability of a phase-shifted-PWM STATCOM using the modular multilevel cascade converter based on single-star bridge-cells (MMCC-SSBC)

2013 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3062-3069

  Ota, Joao Inacio Yutaka ^a   Shibano, Yuji ^a   Akagi, Hirofumi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low voltage ride through capability; modular Structure; multilevel converters; voltage sag

Indexed keywords

LOW-VOLTAGE-RIDE-THROUGH CAPABILITY; MODULAR MULTILEVEL CASCADE CONVERTERS; MODULAR STRUCTURES; MOVING AVERAGE FILTER; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; THREE-PHASE VOLTAGES; TRANSIENT PERFORMANCE; VOLTAGE SAGS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; PHASE SHIFT; ROTARY CONVERTERS; STARS; VOLTAGE STABILIZING CIRCUITS;

ELECTRIC CURRENT REGULATORS;

EID: 84891050333     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2013.6647101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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