Low-voltage DC input, high-voltage pulse generator using nano-crystalline transformer and sequentially charged MMC sub-modules, for water treatment applications

Elgenedy, M. A. and Massoud, A. M. and Holliday, D. and Ahmed, S. and Williams, B. (2017) Low-voltage DC input, high-voltage pulse generator using nano-crystalline transformer and sequentially charged MMC sub-modules, for water treatment applications. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition, 2017-10-01 - 2017-10-05.

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Abstract

This paper proposes a new high-voltage Pulse Generator (PG), fed from low voltage dc supply Vs. This input supply voltage is utilized to charge two arms of N series-connected modular multilevel converter sub-module capacitors sequentially through a resistive-inductive branch, such that each arm is charged to NVs. With a step-up nano-crystalline transformer of n turns ratio, the proposed PG is able to generate bipolar rectangular pulses of peak ±nNVs, at high repetition rates. However, equal voltage-second area of consecutive pulse pair polarities should be assured to avoid transformer saturation. Not only symmetrical pulses can be generated, but also asymmetrical pulses with equal voltage-second areas are possible. The proposed topology is tested via simulations and a scaled-down experimentation, which establish the viability of the topology for water treatment applications.

  • Item type:Conference or Workshop Item(Paper)
    ID code:62156
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    1 October 2017
    Published
    1 May 2017
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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:25 Oct 2017 13:50
    Last modified:15 Apr 2024 13:41
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/62156
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