This paper introduces a modular multilevel converter (MMC) based prototype for
investigating the control of large-scale MMCs. The prototype contains 264 submodules …

Modular multilevel converter (MMC) has become one of the most promising converter
topologies for future high-power applications. A challenging issue of the MMC is the voltage …

The Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) is an emerging and highly attractive multilevel
converter topology for medium and high voltage applications. In this paper, the equivalent …

The modular multilevel converter (MMC) is one of the most favored topologies for medium
and high voltage applications. However, the drawbacks, such as lots of capacitors and …

The decoupled control of the ac-side, dc-link and circulating current of a modular multilevel
converter (MMC) can significantly improve its operation and control performances. This …

The modular multilevel converter (MMC or M2C) is an emerging attractive multilevel
topology for medium-voltage high-power applications. The capacitor voltage balancing …

A decentralized control method for power module (PM) capacitor voltage and switching
frequency balancing in modular multilevel converter is presented in this paper. The …

Historically, cascaded H-bridge, capacitor-clamped, and neutral point-clamped topologies
have been used for medium-to high-voltage applications but the modular multilevel …

This paper presents a feedback/feed-forward control strategy to improve the voltage
balancing of modular multilevel converters (MMCs) under unbalanced grid conditions. The …

Conventional centralized control strategies may reduce the flexibility and expandability of a
modular multilevel converter (MMC) system. To tackle this issue, this paper proposes a …