The Modeling and Control of a Cascaded-Multilevel Converter-Based STATCOM

This dissertation is dedicated to a comprehensive study of static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) systems utilizing cascaded-multilevel converters (CMCs). Among flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) controllers, the STATCOM has shown feasibility in terms of cost-effectiveness in a wide range of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sirisukprasert, Siriroj
Other Authors: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/11142
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04212004-152319