Accurate capacitor voltage ripple estimation and current control considerations for grid-connected modular multilevel converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4568-4579

  Vasiladiotis, Michail ^a   Cherix, Nicolas ^a   Rufer, Alfred ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decoupled current control; fictive axis emulator (FAE); modular multilevel converter (MMC); prototype; voltage ripple estimation

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL;

DECOUPLED CURRENT CONTROL; FICTIVE AXIS EMULATOR (FAE); MODULAR MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; PROTOTYPE; VOLTAGE RIPPLES;

PASSIVE NETWORKS;

EID: 84900392772     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2286293     Document Type: Article

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