Self-precharge in single-leg flying capacitor converters [PDF]
, 2009 Flying Capacitor (FC) multilevel pulse width modulated (PWM) converters are an attractive choice due to the natural voltage balance property. During start-up of the converter, care has to be taken that the power switches are not exposed to voltage ...
Melkebeek, Jan +2 more
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Improved natural balancing with modified phase shifted PWM for single-leg five-level flying-capacitor converters [PDF]
, 2012 Flying capacitor converters (FCCs), as most multilevel converter topologies, require a balancing mechanism of the capacitor voltages. FCCs have the valuable property of natural voltage balancing when a special modulation technique is used.
Melkebeek, Jan +3 more
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An Energy-Efficient, Dynamic Voltage Scaling Neural Stimulator for a Proprioceptive Prosthesis [PDF]
, 2012 Accepted ...
Constandinou, TG, Williams, I
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Flying-capacitor multilevel converter voltage balance dynamics for pure resistive load [PDF]
, 2009 Multilevel converters need voltage balancing to be able to generate an output voltage with high quality. Flying capacitor converter topology has a natural voltage balancing property.
Melkebeek, Jan +2 more
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A Wind Energy Prediction Scheme Combining Cauchy Variation and Reverse Learning Strategy
Advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2021 Modular multilevel converters (MMCs) can be a reliable solution since they have modular structure and high quality output waveform for permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) based wind energy conversion system (WECS). Capacitor voltage balancing
WU, X., SHEN, X., ZHANG, J., ZHANG, Y.
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Capacitor voltage balancing strategy based on sub-module capacitor voltage estimation for modular multilevel converters [PDF]
CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 2016 The modular multilevel converter (MMC) is expected to be used extensively in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission networks because of its superior characteristics over the line-commutated converter (LCC). A key issue of concern is balancing sub-module capacitor voltages in the MMCs, which is critical for the correct operation of these ...
ABDELSALAM, Mahmoud +3 more
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A predictive control with flying capacitor balancing of a multicell active power filter [PDF]
, 2008 Unlike traditional inverters, multicell inverters have the following advantages: lower switching frequency, high number of output levels, and less voltage constraints on the insulated-gate bipolar transistors.
Defaÿ, François +2 more
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Capacitor Voltages Measurement and Balancing in Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converters Utilizing a Single Voltage Sensor [PDF]
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2017 This paper proposes a new method for measuring capacitor voltages in multilevel flying capacitor (FC) converters that requires only one voltage sensor per phase leg. Multiple dc voltage sensors traditionally used to measure the capacitor voltages are replaced with a single voltage sensor at the ac side of the phase leg.
Farivar, Glen +4 more
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Operating Principle and Performance Optimization of a Three-Level NPC Dual-Active-Bridge DC-DC Converter [PDF]
, 2015 © 1982-2012 IEEE. Aiming to improve the performance features of conventional two-level dual-active-bridge (DAB) converters, this paper presents a three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) DAB dc-dc converter.
Bordonau Farrerons, José +3 more
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HVDC transmission systems: Bipolar back-to-back diode clamped multilevel converter with fastoptimum-predictive control and capacitor balancing strategy [PDF]
, 2011 Voltage source multilevel power converter structures are being considered for high power high voltage applications where they have well known advantages.
Chaves, Miguel +4 more
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