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 …

Evolution of topologies, modeling, control schemes, and applications of modular multilevel converters

A Dekka, B Wu, RL Fuentes, M Perez… - IEEE Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modular multilevel converter (MMC) is one of the most promising topologies for medium to
high-voltage high-power applications. The main features of MMC are modularity, voltage …

A detailed review of MMC circuit topologies and modelling issues

JB Soomro, F Akhtar, R Hussain… - … on Electrical Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
MMC is a promising technology for MTDC systems and would transform into the concept of
Supergrids in the near future. The salient features of MMC are modularity, reduced dv/dt and …

Circuit topologies, modeling, control schemes, and applications of modular multilevel converters

MA Perez, S Bernet, J Rodriguez… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modular multilevel converters have several attractive features such as a modular structure,
the capability of transformer-less operation, easy scalability in terms of voltage and current …

Harmonic state-space based small-signal impedance modeling of a modular multilevel converter with consideration of internal harmonic dynamics

J Lyu, X Zhang, X Cai, M Molinas - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The small-signal impedance modeling of a modular multilevel converter (MMC) is the key for
analyzing resonance and stability of MMC-based power electronic systems. The MMC is a …

DC fault detection and location in meshed multiterminal HVDC systems based on DC reactor voltage change rate

R Li, L Xu, L Yao - IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The change rate of the dc reactor voltage with predefined protection voltage thresholds is
proposed to provide fast and accurate dc fault detection in a meshed multiterminal HVDC …

A modular multilevel DC/DC converter with fault blocking capability for HVDC interconnects

GJ Kish, M Ranjram, PW Lehn - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a modular multilevel dc/dc converter, termed the DC-MMC, that can
be deployed to interconnect HVDC networks of different or similar voltage levels. Its key …

A level-increased nearest level modulation method for modular multilevel converters

P Hu, D Jiang - IEEE transactions on Power Electronics, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The modular multilevel converter (MMC) is emerging to be a promising approach for
medium-and high-voltage applications. This paper proposes a modified nearest level …

A simplified space vector modulation scheme for multilevel converters

Y Deng, Y Wang, KH Teo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a simplified space vector modulation (SVM) scheme for multilevel
converters. Compared with earlier SVM methods, the proposed scheme simplifies the …

Analysis, detection, and location of open-switch submodule failures in a modular multilevel converter

Q Yang, J Qin, M Saeedifard - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The modular multilevel converter (MMC) has become one of the most promising converter
topologies for medium/high-power applications. Since the MMC is structured based upon …