Energy transfer analysis for capacitor voltage balancing of modular multilevel converters

Li, Binbin and Li, Rui and Williams, Barry W. and Xu, Dianguo; (2016) Energy transfer analysis for capacitor voltage balancing of modular multilevel converters. In: 2016 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC). IEEE, USA. ISBN 9781509004027 (https://doi.org/10.1109/ITEC.2016.7520283)

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Abstract

Voltage balancing between sub-module (SM) capacitors is essential for reliable operation of the modular multilevel converter (MMC). To facilitate design and understanding of the balancing controllers, this study presents an energy transfer analysis for MMC, which explains how the energy can be independently transmitted from/to one phase, between the upper and lower arms, and among the SMs, of an MMC. Using this analysis, the variables which can be utilized to achieve capacitor voltage balancing are identified. Validity of this study has been verified by experimental results based on a three-phase MMC prototype.

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Li, Binbin, Li, Rui ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8990-7546, Williams, Barry W. and Xu, Dianguo;
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:59290
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    25 July 2016
    Published
    5 February 2016
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    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:06 Jan 2017 11:06
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 15:08
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/59290
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