Eight-Switch Converter for Power Quality Conditioning
Marcelo Cavalcanti
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Marcelo Cabral Cavalcanti was born in Recife, Brazil, in 1972. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering in 1997 from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil, in 1999 and 2003, respectively. He worked as a Visiting Scholar at Center for Power Electronics Systems, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, from Oct./2001 to Aug./2002, and at Alcala University, Madrid, Spain, from Sep./2012 to Aug./2013. Since 2003, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco, where he is currently a Professor of electrical engineering. He is author of more than 100 technical papers. Since 2010 is Fellow of Productivity in research (PQ-2) of CNPq/Brazil. His research interests are power electronics, renewable energy systems and power quality.
Abstract
Aiming a cost reduction, this paper presents an eight-switch power conditioner for current harmonic compensation and voltage sag mitigation derived from the nine-switch converter. The nine-switch converter has some... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Marcelo Cavalcanti (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
- Leonardo Limongi (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
- Marcio Gomes (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
- Gustavo Azevedo (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
- Luiz Guilherme Batista Genu (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
Topic Area
Power Quality
Session
OP-7C » Power quality II (14:00 - Wednesday, 2nd December, Ametista)
