Seven-level active power conditioner for a renewable power generation system

IET Renewable Power Generation

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 807-816

  Wu, Jinn Chang ^a   Wu, Kuen Der ^a   Jou, Hurng Liahng ^a   Chang, Sheng Kai ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE;

ACTIVE POWER FILTER; FULL-BRIDGE INVERTERS; HARDWARE PROTOTYPE; POWER ELECTRONIC SWITCHES; RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; SINUSOIDAL CURRENTS; SWITCHING OPERATIONS; SWITCHING POWER LOSS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84907296912     PISSN: 17521416     EISSN: 17521424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rpg.2013.0348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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