A fault detection and protection scheme for three-level DC-DC converters based on monitoring flying capacitor voltage

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 685-697

  Sheng, Honggang ^a   Wang, Fei Fred ^b   Tipton Iv, C Wesley ^c  

^a GOOGLE INC   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flying capacitor; protection; three level dc dc converter; voltage unbalance

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL CONDITIONS; COST OF FAILURE; FLYING CAPACITOR; HIGH POWER CONVERTERS; HIGH-POWER; HIGH-VOLTAGES; MULTIPLE FAULTS; OVER-VOLTAGES; PARALLEL RESONANT; PROTECTION; PROTECTION CIRCUITS; PROTECTION METHODS; PROTECTION SCHEMES; REMAINING COMPONENT; SYSTEM FAILURES; THREE-LEVEL; THREE-LEVEL CONVERTERS; THREE-LEVEL DC-DC CONVERTER; UNBALANCED VOLTAGES; VOLTAGE UNBALANCE; VOLTAGE UNBALANCES;

CAPACITORS; FAULT DETECTION; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84862971593     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2161333     Document Type: Article

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