Extended Order Generalised Integral Control based Circulating Current Mitigating Scheme in Modular Multilevel Converters—A Balancing Approach
By: Pradeep Kumar, P. R. Sharma and Poonam Singhal
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Language: English
Page range: 325 - 341
Submitted on: Jan 16, 2025
Accepted on: Sep 5, 2025
Published on: Oct 31, 2025
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