Active Voltage Balancing of Series Connected SiC MOSFET Submodules Using Pulsewidth Modulation
IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, 2021 Series connection of multiple transistors is an attractive solution to achieve higher voltage capability. However, the voltage imbalance among the series-connected devices is a critical issue caused by mismatches of device characteristics and gate ...
Inhwan Lee, Xiu Yao
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Zhongguo dianli, 2019 The capacitor voltage balance of modular multilevel converter is the key to its stable operation, aiming at problem of large calculation amount and high switching frequency existing in traditional capacitor voltage balancing strategy. This paper proposes
Fengyang GAO +3 more
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Optimization of switching losses and capacitor voltage ripple using model predictive control of a cascaded H-bridge multi-level StatCom [PDF]
, 2013 This paper further develops a Model Predictive Control (MPC) scheme which is able to exploit the large number of redundant switching states available in a multi-level H-bridge StatCom (H-StatCom).
Betz, Robert E. +5 more
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IEEE Access, 2019 A novel capacitor voltage balancing scheme for modular multilevel cascade converter-double-star chopper-cells (MMCC-DSCC)-based STATCOM is proposed in this paper.
Yu Jin +8 more
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Power balancing and dc fault ride through in DC grids with dc hubs and wind farms [PDF]
, 2015 Acknowledgment This project was funded by European Research Council under the Ideas program in FP7; grant no 259328, 2010.Peer ...
Jovcic, Dragan, Lin, Weixing
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Direct control strategy for a four-level three-phase flying-capacitor inverter [PDF]
, 2010 A direct predictive control strategy is proposed for a three-phase four-level flying-capacitor (FC) inverter in this paper. The balancing of the FC voltages, a challenge in applications with small capacitors and low switching frequencies, is done without
Defaÿ, François +2 more
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Capacitor voltage balancing control with reducing the average switching frequency in MMC
The Journal of Engineering, 2019 Modular multilevel converter (MMC) has a very good application prospect in the flexible high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission, but higher self-loss will affect the efficiency and restrict the development.
Shunliang Wang +4 more
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Design and implementation of 30kW 200/900V LCL modular multilevel based DC/DC converter for high power applications [PDF]
, 2016 This paper presents the design, development and testing of a 30kW, 200V/900V modular multilevel converter (MMC) based DC/DC converter prototype. An internal LCL circuit is used to provide voltage stepping and fault tolerance property.
Aboushady, A. +3 more
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Research on the mechanism of neutral-point voltage fluctuation and capacitor voltage balancing control strategy of three-phase three-level T-type inverter [PDF]
, 2017 In order to solve the neutral-point voltage fluctuation problem of three-phase threelevel T-type inverters (TPTLTIs), the unbalance characteristics of capacitor voltages under different switching states and the mechanism of neutral-point voltage ...
Duan, Shuangming +5 more
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Improved Control of Capacitor Voltage Balancing in Modular Multilevel Converter Submodules
IEEE AccessAn improved incremental capacitor voltage balancing control strategy is proposed to solve the problems of large switching frequency, high complexity of the bubble method sorting algorithm, and exceeding the limit of the capacitor voltage fluctuation rate
Yanling Lyu, Yuansong Zi, Xiaowei Li
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