An improved three-level neutral point clamped converter system with full-voltage balancing capability for bipolar low-voltage DC grid

B Li, H Tian, L Ding, X Wu, GJ Kish… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Bipolar low-voltage dc grids are an emerging and promising solution for power distribution.
As a natural candidate for the distribution converter, the three-level neutral-point-clamped …

Optimized modulation method for three-level boost converter with ZVS under unbalanced-load operation

Z He, H Ding, Z Zhang, Z Chen, Z Yao… - … on Power Electronics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Three-level boost (TLB) converters are a promising interface of bipolar dc microgrids. With
different powers of the positive and negative dc buses, the conventional modulation method …

A family of symmetrical bipolar output converters based on voltage-multiplying rectifiers for interfacing renewable energy with bipolar DC microgrid

Q Tian, X Zhang, G Zhou, X Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The bipolar dc microgrid system is considered a greatly promising solution to interface
various renewable energy sources and emerging loads due to its advantages in efficiency …

Coordinated control of voltage balancers for the regulation of unbalanced voltage in a multi-node bipolar DC distribution network

C Guo, Y Wang, J Liao - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
In a bipolar DC distribution network, the unbalanced load resistance, line resistance and
renewable energy source will cause an unbalanced current for each node of the neutral line …

State-of-charge balancing strategy of battery energy storage units with a voltage balance function for a Bipolar DC mircrogrid

Y Ma, S Wang, G Liu, G Tian, J Zhang, R Liu - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
For an islanded bipolar DC microgrid, a special problem of making the better compromise
between a state-of-charge (SOC) balance among multiple battery energy storage units …

Medium voltage flying capacitor DC–DC converter with high-frequency TCM-Q2L control

R Kopacz, M Harasimczuk, P Trochimiuk… - … on Power Electronics, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a novel control method for a multilevel dc–dc flying capacitor converter
for applications in medium voltage range. Quasi-two-level modulation provides the …

A bi-directional dual-input dual-output converter for voltage balancer in bipolar DC microgrid

SH Kim, HJ Byun, J Yi, CY Won - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bipolar DC microgrids (BDCMGs) have several issues related to the voltage and require
numerous converters to supply power to both poles. To solve these issues, a bidirectional …

Hybrid Control for Three-Level LLC Resonant Converter of Dual-Bridge for Wide Output Range

T Jin, XS Xiao, Z Zhang, W Wu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A three-level LLC resonant converter of dual-bridge with hybrid control modulation strategy
is proposed for the wide output-voltage range and high input-voltage applications. The …

Assisted power transfer for voltage balance of bipolar DC MicroGrids using inactive motor drives

J Lu, Y Hu, Y Song, Y Su, J Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A voltage balancer remains a good solution of power transfer for bipolar dc grids, which,
however, would increase the costs due to its requirement for additional hardware support. In …

Dual 3L-NPC Converter System with Improved Power Quality for Bipolar DC Distribution

B Li, X Wu, GJ Kish, YR Li - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Three-level neutral point clamped (3L-NPC) converters are a favorable candidate for the
grid interfacing converter stage in bipolar dc distribution systems. This article proposes the …