Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022 This study presents a strategy to reduce the capacitance of the submodule (SM) capacitor of a modular multilevel converter-based medium-voltage wind power converter. The design of the SM capacitor of the modular multilevel converter (MMC) should consider
Jianhang Qian +4 more
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Analysis and design of a modular multilevel converter with trapezoidal modulation for medium and high voltage DC-DC transformers [PDF]
, 2015 Conventional dual active bridge topologies provide galvanic isolation and soft-switching over a reasonable operating range without dedicated resonant circuits.
Adam, Grain P. +4 more
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Modeling and enhanced control of hybrid full bridge–half bridge MMCs for HVDC grid studies [PDF]
, 2020 Modular multilevel converters (MMCs) are expected to play an important role in future high voltage direct current (HVDC) grids. Moreover, advanced MMC topologies may include various submodule (SM) types. In this sense, the modeling of MMCs is paramount
Forner, Jaume, Vidal-Albalate, Ricardo
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Passive Voltage Balancing In Modular Multilevel Converter During Precharge: Analysis And Design
Eletrônica de Potência, 2020 The modular multilevel converter is composed of many equal submodules connected in series, each having to ideally withstand the same voltage and current stresses. The resulting configuration when each SM capacitor feeds its own auxiliary power supply is
Gean Jacques Maia de Sousa +3 more
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Full Bridge MMC Converter Optimal Design to HVDC Operational Requirements [PDF]
, 2015 This project is funded by RTE, Paris, FrancePeer ...
Jovcic, Dragan +3 more
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Arm current reversal‐based modular multilevel DC‐DC converter
IET Power Electronics, 2021 Nowadays, most of the converters used in high‐power high‐voltage (HV) applications are the conventional modular multilevel converters (MMC). However, in the case of DC‐DC conversion, an imbalance of the capacitor voltages occurs and the conventional MMC ...
Yousef Nazih +2 more
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Distributed control of a fault tolerant modular multilevel inverter for direct-drive wind turbine grid interfacing [PDF]
, 2012 Modular generator and converter topologies are being pursued for large offshore wind turbines to achieve fault tolerance and high reliability. A centralized controller presents a single critical point of failure which has prevented a truly modular and ...
Finney, Stephen, Parker, Max, Ran, Li
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Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2023 The integration of renewable energy sources in Medium-/High-voltage DC grids has called up continuous research to develop DC-DC conversion systems. This paper presents a hybrid modular multilevel DC-DC converter topology which successfully overcomes the ...
Mai Diab +2 more
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The Series Bridge Converter (SBC): design of a compact modular multilevel converter for grid applications [PDF]
, 2016 This paper presents a novel hybrid modular multilevel voltage source converter suitable for grid applications. The proposed converter retains the advantages of other modular multilevel topologies and can be made more compact making it attractive for ...
Amankwah, Emmanuel K. +6 more
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ESBC: an enhanced modular multilevel converter with H-bridge front end [PDF]
, 2017 This paper presents the Enhanced Series Bridge Converter (ESBC), a hybrid modular multilevel converter with H-bridge front end suitable for high power grid applications.
Amankwah, Emmanuel +4 more
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