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Modular multilevel converters (MMC) are emerging to be an alternative approach for realizing power converters for a variety of high power applications because they allow series-cascaded levels and/or parallel-connected branches. However, the design of communication interface between system controller and individual modules became increasingly complicated as more modules been added into the system,...
Since the capacitor equivalent series resistance (ESR) above 1kHz almost stays constant, dc-link current root-mean-square (RMS) closed form equation is an easy way to evaluate the capacitor losses from the switching harmonic currents (SHCs). But when the ac current contains multiple low order harmonics (LOHs), their impacts on the dc-link has not been systematically studied. In this paper, a straightforward...
This paper presents the design and control of a three-phase ground power supply unit for aircraft servicing. A new mixed technology converter composed by a three-phase Silicon Carbide (SiC) full bridge unit and a three-phase full bridge IGBT unit connected across the same dc link is used instead of the conventional full bridge configuration. In order to satisfy the stringent requirements of the output...
The three-level T type inverter has been extensively used in photovoltaic (PV) generation. Various PV panels in cascaded connection normally require unequal dc voltage to accomplish separate maximum power point tracking (MPPT). This paper proposes a DPWM-controlled three-level T type inverter for two strings of PV panels in cascaded connection. The proposed modulation is developed based on the so-called...
This paper proposes a hypothetic silicon carbide (SiC) metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) power module for the medium voltage (MV) variable frequency drive (VFD). A peer-to-peer comparison between commercial silicon (Si) insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) and the proposed SiC MOSFET module results in some promising results to support the introduction of SiC power modules...
In this paper, a novel effective duty cycle method is introduced to predict the RMS and average current for power components in discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) AC-DC boost power factor correction (PFC) topologies. The proposed model can be used for power component conduction losses estimation. The RMS current and average current of power components are derived. PSIM simulation and experimental...
Dc arc faults may result in serious damage to both stationary and mobile dc power systems. This paper presents a new detection method for dc arcs using Hurst exponents. Compared to other methods such as the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and the Wavelet Transform, the proposed method is adaptive and is more immune to power electronics switching harmonics. A test setup to generate dc arcs is built and...
Resonant filters can be beneficial for significant reduction of the filter size in buck converters. Compared to the conventional low-pass filter, the resonant filters can be designed to provide high attenuation to the ripple components near the pulse width modulation (PWM) switching frequency resulting in much smaller filter components. In traditional resonant filter, the high attenuation at a specific...
Isolated AC/DC matrix converter can realize AC-DC conversion with high frequency transformer to isolate the AC and DC side. Thanks to its high-power density and high efficiency, it is an attractive alternative to the conventional voltage source converter in hybrid microgird as interlinking converter, which adopts power frequency transformers when isolation is required. To realize this, bi-directional...
This paper presents the analytical design procedure to select the inductance and the capacitance values of both the input and output filters for the 5-Level three-phase Back to Back E-Type Converter (5L3Φ BTB E-Type Converter). The 5L3Φ BTB E-Type Converter is used to accomplish the double conversion AC-DC/DC-AC in applications which include variable speed industrial electric drives and the interfacing...
In this paper, the circuit topology of single-stage isolated charging/discharging DC-AC converter with second harmonic current suppression is proposed. Based on which an analogous-rectifying unipolar phase-shifted control strategy with constant charging/discharging current is also proposed, which rectifies the Sinusoidal Pulse Width and Position Modulation(SPWPM) wave of high-frequency(HF) transformer...
The star-configured modular multilevel converter is a promising topology for grid-connected storage as well as power-quality applications and motor drives. During operation, the ac output power generates substantial current pulsation at twice the output frequency in the modules, which causes additional loss and requires an increase of the module capacitance. This paper presents a common-mode voltage...
Multilevel current source converter (MCSC) is an effective way to increase the power rating of conventional current source-fed motor drive, especially its current rating. However, there are still several challenges existing in this kind of configuration, which mainly focus on its space vector modulation (SVM) technique and the inherent DC current imbalance issue. In this paper, an SVM scheme with...
Nowadays capacity of the photovoltaic systems in the grid is remarkable and provides a major part of energy in the grid. Therefore, an abruption of these systems from the grid can create a damage to the grid. Unlike in the past that PV systems disconnected from the grid when a voltage drop occurred, nowadays these systems should have Low Voltage Ride-Through (LVRT) capability. The PV system should...
There are two commonly used 3-phase configurations in power grid applications, the 3-phase 3-wire, and 3-phase 4-wire configurations. The 3-phase 4-wire power converter systems is necessary to supply single-phase loads but at the expense of higher output harmonics and losses, as compared to 3-phase 3-wire systems. The neutral inductor is added to reduce the neutral line harmonics and a LCL+ L filter...
AC-DC single-stage converters are widely used in industrial applications because they are cheaper than conventional two-stage converters. In this paper, state of the art low power single-stage converters are reviewed. These converters are classified into several types in the paper, the operation of an example converter of each type is discussed, and the advantages and drawbacks of each type are stated...
In the single-phase grid-connected inverter systems the high quality Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) factor must always be considered. In cases, when the supplying voltage is reduced, the output voltage can still be assured constant in the limited range by using the over-modulation strategy that also enables better utilization of dc bus. Unfortunately, this operation incurs high order harmonics' force...
Conventional single phase inverter offers a square wave output which when applied to electrical appliances may damage the later reducing its efficiency and life as this inverter output waveform is not sinusoidal and contains lower and higher order harmonics in addition to fundamental. On the other hand Selective Harmonic Elimination with Pulse Width Modulation (SHE-PWM) offers a fine control of the...
Paper deals with analysis and modeling of a new type of single-phase supplied single leg LC matrix converter (SLLC MxC) with two phase outputs. Its schematic arrangement consists of one-leg half-bridge matrix converter, network with a neutral point, LC filters, switched capacitor and passive or active load. As the harmonic analysis of the voltage of both phases gives a very high value of total harmonic...
The paper presents a novel filtering concept for multi-cell switch-mode power amplifiers intended to be used for high quality power sources up to the kW-region. Multi-cell switch-mode amplifiers usually are operated in interleaved PWM resulting in effective output voltage harmonics being much higher than the cell's switching frequency. This major advantage, however, is only given for ideally balanced...
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