Real-time simulation of MMCs using CPU and FPGA

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 259-267

  Saad, Hani ^a   Ould Bachir, Tarek ^a   Mahseredjian, Jean ^a   Dufour, Christian ^b   Dennetiere, Sebastien ^c   Nguefeu, Samuel ^c  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b OPAL RT TECHNOLOGIES   (Canada)

^c Réeseau de Transport d'Électricité RTE   (France)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic transients program (EMTP); field programmable gate array (FPGA); high voltage direct current (HVDC); modular multilevel converter (MMC); real time; voltage source converter (VSC)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SURGES; POWER CONVERTERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENTS PROGRAM (EMTP); HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT; MODULAR MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; REAL TIME; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTERS;

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA);

EID: 84906771387     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2282600     Document Type: Article

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