A Neutral Point Balancing and Voltage Error Compensation Approach for Fault-Tolerant 3-Level Inverters [PDF]
IEEE Open Journal of Power ElectronicsNeutral point clamped inverters, such as NPC, ANPC, or T-Type inverters, have emerged as competitive solutions for specific automotive traction applications due to the increase in DC-link voltage levels up to $800 \,\mathrm{V}$. Besides improved harmonic
Johannes Haring +3 more
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Comparison between two VSC-HVDC transmission systems technologies : modular and neutral point clamped multilevel converter [PDF]
, 2009 The paper presents a detail comparison between two voltage source converter high voltage dc transmission systems, the first is based on neutral point-clamped (also known as HVDC-Light) and the second is based on innovative modular multilevel converter ...
Anaya-Lara, O. +5 more
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Comparison between flying capacitor and modular multilevel inverter [PDF]
, 2009 The paper describes the operational principle of flying capacitor and modular multilevel inverters. The detailed discussions of dc link capacitors voltage balancing methods for both inverters are given in order to enable fair comparison. The causes of dc
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Seven Level T-Type Switched Capacitor Inverter Topology for PV Applications
IEEE Access, 2021 The conventional neutral point clamped (NPC) multilevel inverter topology needs voltage balancing circuits to balance the dc-link capacitor, the number of component count is high and output voltage is half of the input voltage which increase the size of ...
Saeed Alyami +4 more
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A Study on Neutral-Point Potential in Three-Level NPC Converters
Energies, 2019 This paper proposes an accurate mathematical model of three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) converters that can accurately represent the midpoint potential drift of the DC link with parameter perturbation.
Maosong Zhang +6 more
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A Novel Neutral Point Voltage Control Strategy for Three-Level NPC APF Based on SVPWM
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2015 The unbalance of the neutral point voltage is an inherent problem of three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) Active Power Filter (APF); this paper analyzes the causes of unbalanced neutral point voltage and studies the reason of the unbalance of the ...
Yao Xiaolong +3 more
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Modified Topology and Modulation Technique for Z-Source Neutral-Point Clamped Inverter
Power Electronics and Drives, 2022 The impedance network makes it possible to increase and decrease the voltage, which is not available in normal inverters (voltage and current sources).This paper presents a modified topology and modulation technique for a three-phase Modified Z-Source ...
Akbari Ehsan, Zishan Farhad
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A Novel SVPWM Algorithm Considering Neutral-Point Potential Balancing for Three-Level NPC Inverter [PDF]
Electronics, 2016 For three-level inverter, complexity of control strategy and neutral-point potential imbalance problem of DC side is the bottleneck restricting its application.
Chen Yongchao, Li Yanda, Zhao Ling
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Modified phase-shifted PWM control for flying capacitor multilevel converters [PDF]
, 2007 The issue of voltage imbalance remains a challenge for the flying capacitor multilevel converter. The phase-shifted pulsewidth modulation (PS-PWM) method has a certain degree of self-balancing properties.
Chunmei Feng +5 more
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Energy Reports, 2022 The unbalance of neutral-point potential (NPP) is an important problem in three-level converter. This paper proposes a neutral-point potential balancing control method with the third harmonic injected pulse width modulation (PWM) for three-level ...
Jie Tian +4 more
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