Design and operation of a hybrid modular multilevel converter

R Zeng, L Xu, L Yao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a hybrid modular multilevel converter (MMC), which combines full-
bridge submodules (FBSM) and half-bridge submodules (HBSM). Compared with the FBSM …

A modular multilevel converter with DC fault handling capability and enhanced efficiency for HVDC system applications

R Oliveira, A Yazdani - IEEE transactions on Power Electronics, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a modular multilevel converter (MMC) topology for high-voltage dc
(HVdc) system applications. The proposed MMC employs two half-bridge converters, a …

A hybrid modular multilevel converter family with higher power density and efficiency

J Liu, D Dong, D Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modular multilevel converter (MMC) has many advantages of scalability, reliability and easy
implementation, but suffers from large number of switching devices and capacitors. To …

Modular‐multilevel converter topologies and applications–a review

M Priya, P Ponnambalam… - IET Power Electronics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recently developed modular‐multilevel converter (M‐MC) has a major attention in the
industry and research works which is moving into feasible technology for many medium and …

A steady-state analysis method for a modular multilevel converter

Q Song, W Liu, X Li, H Rao, S Xu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modular multilevel converters (MMC) are considered a top converter alternative for voltage-
source converter (VSC) high-voltage, direct current (HVDC) applications. Main circuit design …

Active redundant submodule configuration in modular multilevel converters

G Konstantinou, J Pou, S Ceballos… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The modular multilevel converter (MMC) is based on the cascaded connection of identical
submodules (SMs) enabling additional redundancies. This paper proposes the configuration …

Operation, control, and applications of the modular multilevel converter: A review

S Debnath, J Qin, B Bahrani… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The modular multilevel converter (MMC) has been a subject of increasing importance for
medium/high-power energy conversion systems. Over the past few years, significant …

Energy-balancing control strategy for modular multilevel converters under submodule fault conditions

P Hu, D Jiang, Y Zhou, Y Liang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The modular multilevel converter (MMC) is a newly introduced switch-mode converter
topology with the potential for high-voltage and high-power applications. This paper focuses …

Modular multilevel converters technology: a comprehensive study on its topologies, modelling, control and applications

MN Raju, J Sreedevi, RP Mandi… - IET Power …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A modular multilevel converter (MMC) is one of the perfect topologies for high power and
medium‐/high‐voltage energy conversion systems. The MMC has attractive features such as …

Switching-cycle state-space modeling and control of the modular multilevel converter

J Wang, R Burgos, D Boroyevich - IEEE Journal of Emerging …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new switching-cycle state-space model of the modular multilevel
converter (MMC), on the basis of which unused switching states of this converter are …