Title : 
Performance of the auxiliary resonant commutated pole converter in converter based utility devices
         
        
            Author : 
Beukes, H.J. ; Enslin, J.H.R. ; Spée, R.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., South Africa
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper the performance of the auxiliary resonant commutated pole converter is investigated experimentally for converter based utility devices. Converter performance is evaluated at high power and the results are compared with hard switched converter technology
         
        
            Keywords : 
commutation; electromagnetic compatibility; losses; resonant power convertors; EMC; auxiliary resonant commutated pole converter; circuit waveforms; converter based utility devices; converter control; converter losses; hard switched converter technology; high power; spectral performance; Active filters; Costs; Passive filters; Power harmonic filters; Power quality; Power semiconductor switches; Power system harmonics; Resonance; Switching converters; Voltage control;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1996. PESC '96 Record., 27th Annual IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Baveno
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-3500-7
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/PESC.1996.548709