@inproceedings{83b5e0c020cf45328635b493fa407a49,
title = "Capacitor voltage control in a cascaded multilevel inverter as a static var generator",
abstract = "The widespread use of non-linear loads and power electronics converters has increased the generation of nonsinusoidal and non-periodic currents and voltages in power systems. Reactive power compensation or control is an important part of a power system to minimize power transmission losses. Given a modulation index, the switch times can be chosen to achieve the fundamental while eliminating specific harmonics. However, the resulting total harmonic distortion (THD) depends on the modulation index (see [1][2]). This work considers the control of the DC capacitor voltage in such a way that one can operate at the modulation index which results in the minimum THD. This paper presents the development of specific control algorithms for a cascaded multilevel inverter to be used for static var compensation.",
keywords = "Cascade inverter, Multilevel inverter, Static var generator (SVG)",
author = "M. Li and Chiasson, {J. N.} and Tolber, {L. M.}",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1109/IPEMC.2006.297369",
language = "English",
isbn = "1424404487",
series = "Conference Proceedings - IPEMC 2006: CES/IEEE 5th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference",
pages = "1709--1713",
booktitle = "Conference Proceedings - IPEMC 2006",
note = "IPEMC 2006: CES/IEEE 5th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference ; Conference date: 14-08-2006 Through 16-08-2006",
}