Active DC voltage balancing PWM technique for high-power cascaded multilevel converters

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Tarisciotti, Luca, Zanchetta, Pericle, Watson, Alan James, Bifaretti, Stefano, Clare, Jon C. and Wheeler, Patrick (2014) Active DC voltage balancing PWM technique for high-power cascaded multilevel converters. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 61 (11). pp. 6157-6167. ISSN 1557-9948

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Abstract

In this paper a dedicated PWM technique specifically designed for single-phase (or four wire three-phase) multilevel Cascaded H-Bridge Converters is presented. The aim of the proposed technique is to minimize the DC-Link voltage unbalance, independently from the amplitude of the DC-Link voltage reference, and compensate the switching device voltage drops and on-state resistances. Such compensation can be used to achieve an increase in the waveform quality of the converter. This is particularly useful in high-power, low supply voltage applications where a low switching frequency is used. The DC-Link voltage balancing capability of the method removes the requirement for additional control loops to actively balance the DC-Link voltage on each H-Bridge, simplifying the control structure. The proposed modulation technique has been validated through the use of simulation and extensive experimental testing to confirm its effectiveness.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/722875
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Keywords: Multilevel converters; Predictive control; Smart grid
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Engineering > Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2014.2308139
Depositing User: Burns, Rebecca
Date Deposited: 07 Jul 2016 13:51
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 16:42
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/34729

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