Reduction of DC-link capacitor in case of cascade multilevel converters by means of reactive power control

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 231-238

  Gohil, Ghanshyamsinh ^a   Wang, Huai ^a   Liserre, Marco ^a   Kerekes, Tamas ^a   Teodorescu, Remus ^a   Blaabjerg, Frede ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

ACTIVE POWER; CASCADE MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; DC LINK CAPACITOR; DC-LINK VOLTAGES; HIGH POWER DENSITY; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; ISOLATED DC/DC CONVERTERS; VOLTAGE RIPPLES;

REACTIVE POWER;

EID: 84900429515     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2014.6803315     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (28)

1. E. Ronan, S. Sudhoff, S. Glover, and D. Galloway, "A power electronicbased distribution transformer," IEEE Trans. on Power Del., vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 537-543, 2002.
2. S. Falcones, X. Mao, and R. Ayyanar, "Topology comparison for solid state transformer implementation," in Proc. IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2010, 2010, pp. 1-8.
3. A. Huang, M. Crow, G. Heydt, J. Zheng, and S. Dale, "The future renewable electric energy delivery and management (freedm) system: The energy internet," vol. 99, no. 1, 2011, pp. 133-148.
4. S. Inoue and H. Akagi, "Voltage control of a bi-directional isolated dc/dc converter for medium-voltage motor drives," in Proc. Power Conversion Conference-Nagoya, 2007. PCC '07, 2007, pp. 1244-1250.
5. H. Akagi and R. Kitada, "Control and design of a modular multilevel cascade btb system using bidirectional isolated dc/dc converters," IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 26, no. 9, pp. 2457-2464, 2011.
6. H. Devold, "Subsea: Longer deeper colder," ABB Presentation on Future Subsea O∧G Factories, 2012.
7. D. Dujic, F. Kieferndorf, F. Canales, and U. Drofenik, "Power electronic traction transformer technology," in Proc. 7th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (IPEMC), 2012, vol. 1, 2012, pp. 636-642.
8. C. Zhao, M. Weiss, A. Mester, S. Lewdeni-Schmid, D. Dujic, J. Steinke, and T. Chaudhuri, "Power electronic transformer (pet) converter: Design of a 1.2mw demonstrator for traction applications," in Proc. International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM), 2012, 2012, pp. 855-860.
9. A. Nami, F. Zare, A. Ghosh, and F. Blaabjerg, "A hybrid cascade converter topology with series-connected symmetrical and asymmetrical diode-clamped h-bridge cells," IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 51-65, 2011.
10. J. Rodriguez, J.-S. Lai, and F. Z. Peng, "Multilevel inverters: a survey of topologies, controls, and applications," IEEE Trans. on Ind. Electron., vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 724-738, 2002.
11. W. van der Merwe and T. Mouton, "Solid-state transformer topology selection," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, 2009. ICIT 2009., 2009, pp. 1-6.
12. M. Marchesoni, "Dc-link filter capacitors reduction in multilevel modular h-bridge converter structures," in Proc. The 2002 IEEE International Symposium on Ind. Electron., ISIE 2002., vol. 3, 2002, pp. 902-907.
13. X. Liu, P. Wang, P. C. Loh, F. Blaabjerg, and M. Xue, "Six switches solution for single-phase ac/dc/ac converter with capability of secondorder power mitigation in dc-link capacitor," in Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2011, 2011, pp. 1368-1375.
14. H. Wang, M. Liserre, and F. Blaabjerg, "Toward reliable power electronics: Challenges, design tools, and opportunities," IEEE Ind. Electron. Magazine, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 17-26, 2013.
15. S. Yang, A. Bryant, P. Mawby, D. Xiang, L. Ran, and P. Tavner, "An industry-based survey of reliability in power electronic converters," in Proc. Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, 2009. ECCE 2009. IEEE, 2009, pp. 3151-3157.
16. J. Kolar, U. Drofenik, J. Biela, M. Heldwein, H. Ertl, T. Friedli, and S. Round, "Pwm converter power density barriers," in Proc. Power Conversion Conference-Nagoya, PCC '07, 2007, pp. p9-p29.
17. C. Jacobina, I. de Freitas, E. dos Santos, E. da Silva, and T. Oliveira, "Dc-link single-phase to single-phase half-bridge converter operating with reduced capacitor current and ac capacitor power," in Proc. 37th IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2006. PESC '06., 2006, pp. 1-7.
18. I. Soares de Freitas, C. Jacobina, and E. dos Santos, "Single-phase to single-phase full-bridge converter operating with reduced ac power in the dc-link capacitor," IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 272-279, 2010.
19. T. Zhao, X. She, S. Bhattacharya, F. Wang, F. Wang, and A. Huang, "Power synchronization control for capacitor minimization in solid state transformers (sst)," in Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2011, pp. 2812-2818.
20. H. Qin and J. Kimball, "Closed-loop control of dc-dc dual active bridge converters driving single-phase inverters," in Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2012, pp. 173-179.
21. M. H. Kheraluwala, R. W. Gascoigne, D. M. Divan, and E. D. Baumann, "Performance characterization of a high-power dual active bridge DC-to-DC converter," IEEE Trans. on Ind. Appl., vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 1294-1301, Nov. 1992.
22. B. Cougo and J. Kolar, "Integration of leakage inductance in tape wound core transformers for dual active bridge converters," in Proc. 7th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems (CIPS), 2012, pp. 1-6.
23. F. Krismer, S. Round, and J. Kolar, "Performance optimization of a high current dual active bridge with a wide operating voltage range," in Proc. Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2006. PESC '06. 37th IEEE, pp. 1-7.
24. N. Schibli, "DC-DC converters for two-quadrant operation with controlled output voltage," in Proc. 9th European Power Electronics Conf., Jun. 1999, pp. 1-9.
25. A. Jain and R. Ayyanar, "Pwm control of dual active bridge: Comprehensive analysis and experimental verification," IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 1215-1227, 2011.
26. F. Krismer and J. Kolar, "Closed form solution for minimum conduction loss modulation of dab converters," IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 174-188, 2012.
27. N. Tan, T. Abe, and H. Akagi, "Design and performance of a bidirectional isolated dc-dc converter for a battery energy storage system," IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 1237-1248, 2012.
28. G. Ortiz, J. Muhlethaler, and J. Kolar, "Magnetic ear-based balancing of magnetic flux in high power medium frequency dual active bridge converter transformer cores," in Proc. IEEE 8th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE ECCE), 2011, pp. 1307-1314.