Seventeen-level inverter formed by cascading flying capacitor and floating capacitor H-bridges

PR Kumar, RS Kaarthik, K Gopakumar… - … on Power Electronics, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A multilevel inverter for generating 17 voltage levels using a three-level flying capacitor
inverter and cascaded H-bridge modules with floating capacitors has been proposed …

A comprehensive AC-side single-line-to-ground fault ride through strategy of an MMC-based HVDC system

S Cui, HJ Lee, JJ Jung, Y Lee… - IEEE Journal of Emerging …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
When a single-line-to-ground (SLG) fault occurs on the ac side of the modular multilevel
converter (MMC) in an high-voltage direct-current transmission (HVDC) system, it results in …

Control of circulating currents in modular multilevel converters through redundant voltage levels

G Konstantinou, J Pou, S Ceballos… - … on Power Electronics, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Among the main control targets in a modular multilevel converter (MMC) is the control of the
circulating currents within the phase legs of the topology. This paper presents a controller for …

Power decoupling control for modular multilevel converter

J Wang, P Wang - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The existing power decoupling control method of modular multilevel converter (MMC) was
developed from that of conventional two-level voltage source converters. Therefore, it cannot …

Stability analysis of vector-controlled modular multilevel converters in linear time-periodic framework

NR Chaudhuri, R Oliveira… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Stability analysis of average value models (AVMs) of vector-controlled modular multilevel
converters (MMCs) is the subject matter of this paper. Stability analysis of fundamental …

Decoupled control of modular multilevel converter based on intermediate controllable voltages

W Yang, Q Song, W Liu - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Control of output and circulating current of modular multilevel converter using a sliding mode approach

W Uddin, K Zeb, M Adil Khan, M Ishfaq, I Khan, S Islam… - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
The modular multilevel converter (MMC) has been prominently used in medium-and high-
power applications. This paper presents the control of output and circulating current of MMC …

Enhanced hybrid modular multilevel converter with improved reliability and performance characteristics

R Razani, MH Ravanji… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes an enhanced hybrid modular multilevel converter (MMC), which utilizes
a combination of half-bridge submodules (HBSM) and at least one full-bridge submodule …

Controlled transition full-bridge hybrid multilevel converter with chain-links of full-bridge cells

P Li, GP Adam, D Holliday… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a controlled transition full-bridge (CTFB) hybrid multilevel converter
(HMC) for medium and high voltage applications. It employs a full-bridge cell chain-link (FB …

Energy equalization module for modular multilevel converters in variable speed motor drives

M Sleiman, M Koteich, HF Blanchette… - 2016 3rd …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modular Multilevel Converters (MMC) processing phase quantities at low frequency are
vulnerable to high cell voltage ripples. MMC upper and lower arms processes pulsating …