The rapid expansion of installed wind energy capacity and the continuous development of
wind turbine technology has drawn attention to operation and maintenance issues. In order …

The advantages, such as the mature control method, less volume of the converter and
generator, make the doubly fed induction generator system prevalent in the wind power …

Modular multilevel converters (MMCs) have attracted extensive research interests in various
ac and dc conversion applications due to their modular structure and excellent harmonic …

The open-circuit fault detection and localization (FDL) technique can improve the reliability
of the modular multilevel converter (MMC). However, the conventional software-based FDL …

To increase the reliability and availability of wind turbines, a new diagnosis method was
proposed for multiple open-circuit faults in the back-to-back converters of turbines using …

The insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) is one of the most vulnerable components in the
modular multilevel converter (MMC). One or more IGBT open-circuit faults may deteriorate …

Reliability of the modular multilevel converters (MMCs) provides a vital guarantee for the
uninterrupted operation of a system. Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) open circuit …

The diagnosis of open-circuit faults is required for the reliability of modular multilevel
converters (MMC) and the complex operating environment of MMC may cause missing data …

Multiple insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) open-circuit faults severely affect the reliable
operation of modular multilevel converters (MMCs). The existing literatures have not …

Fault detection is one of the important issues for the modular multilevel converter (MMC).
However, few have studied the fault detection of MMCs under light load condition, where the …