An improved control system for modular multilevel converters with new modulation strategy and voltage balancing control

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 358-371

  Fan, Shengfang ^a   Zhang, Kai ^a   Xiong, Jian ^a   Xue, Yaosuo ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Control structure; modular multilevel converter (MMC); modulation; voltage balancing control

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULATION; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

CONTROL STRUCTURE; CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES; ENERGY-BASED CONTROL; HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS; IMPROVED CONTROLS; MODULAR MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; SORTING ALGORITHM; VOLTAGE BALANCING CONTROL;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84906712669     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2014.2304969     Document Type: Article

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