Submodule Capacitor voltage balancing of Modular Multilevel Converter

Mohammad Tayyab; Adil Sarwar

doi:10.1109/UPCON47278.2019.8980280

Submodule Capacitor voltage balancing of Modular Multilevel Converter

Mohammad Tayyab
, Adil Sarwar

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

8 Scopus citations

Abstract

A modular multilevel converter (MMC) is one of the latest next generation power electronic converter intended to be most suitable for industrial applications. It is made up of N number of sub-modules (SM) connected in cascaded form for obtaining desired high quality multilevel output voltage waveform. This paper deals with a three-phase MMC designed with half-bridge (HB) SMs. Phase disposition based pulse width modulation (PWM) technique is used for generating gating signals for individual sub-modules. Voltage balancing is achieved by rotating gating signals between the submodules. Modulation indices are varied for obtaining good quality output voltage waveform and required submodule capacitor voltage balance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2019 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, UPCON 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728134550
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/UPCON47278.2019.8980280
State	Published - Nov 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	2019 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, UPCON 2019 - Aligarh, India Duration: 8 Nov 2019 → 10 Nov 2019

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - 2019 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, UPCON 2019

Conference

Conference	2019 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, UPCON 2019
Country/Territory	India
City	Aligarh
Period	8/11/19 → 10/11/19

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.

Keywords

Half- bridge SM
Modular Multilevel Converter
Pulse width modulation and Total harmonic distortion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Hardware and Architecture
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Tayyab, M., & Sarwar, A. (2019). Submodule Capacitor voltage balancing of Modular Multilevel Converter. In Proceedings - 2019 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, UPCON 2019 Article 8980280 (Proceedings - 2019 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, UPCON 2019). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/UPCON47278.2019.8980280

Tayyab, Mohammad ; Sarwar, Adil. / Submodule Capacitor voltage balancing of Modular Multilevel Converter. Proceedings - 2019 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, UPCON 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. (Proceedings - 2019 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, UPCON 2019).

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Tayyab, M & Sarwar, A 2019, Submodule Capacitor voltage balancing of Modular Multilevel Converter. in Proceedings - 2019 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, UPCON 2019., 8980280, Proceedings - 2019 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, UPCON 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, UPCON 2019, Aligarh, India, 8/11/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/UPCON47278.2019.8980280

Submodule Capacitor voltage balancing of Modular Multilevel Converter. / Tayyab, Mohammad; Sarwar, Adil.
Proceedings - 2019 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, UPCON 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. 8980280 (Proceedings - 2019 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, UPCON 2019).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Submodule Capacitor voltage balancing of Modular Multilevel Converter

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