A comprehensive review of capacitor voltage balancing strategies for multilevel converters under selective harmonic elimination PWM

M Wu, YW Li, G Konstantinou - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent decades, applications of selective harmonic elimination pulsewidth modulation
(SHE-PWM) have been extended from two-level to multilevel converters (MLCs). For most …

Common DC-link multilevel converters: topologies, control and industrial applications

I Harbi, J Rodriguez, A Poorfakhraei… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multilevel converters (MLCs) are widely recognized for their exceptional benefits and have
emerged as the preferred choice for medium-and high-power/voltage applications. Their …

A generalized carrier-overlapped PWM method for neutral-point-clamped multilevel converters

K Wang, Z Zheng, L Xu, Y Li - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The neutral-point voltage unbalance problem holds back the extensive application of neutral-
point-clamped (NPC) multilevel converters with more than three voltage levels in industry …

Neutral-point voltage balancing method for five-level NPC inverters based on carrier-overlapped PWM

K Wang, Z Zheng, L Xu, Y Li - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Neutral-point voltage imbalance is one of the main problems of five-level neutral-point
clamped inverters that impedes their industrial application. In order to solve this problem, a …

A fuzzy approximation for FCS-MPC in power converters

X Liu, L Qiu, Y Fang, K Wang, Y Li… - IEEE transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Standard model predictive control is an optimization-based control strategy that can handle
multiple control objectives and system nonlinear constraints. However, it typically suffers …

A survey of powertrain technologies for energy-efficient heavy-duty machinery

Z Quan, L Ge, Z Wei, YW Li, L Quan - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of the development of
powertrain technologies for energy-efficient heavy-duty earthmoving machines. The heavy …

A generalized simplified virtual vector PWM to balance the capacitor voltages of multilevel diode-clamped converters

QM Attique, K Wang, Z Zheng, H Zhu… - … on Power Electronics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a generalized simplified virtual vector pulsewidth modulation
(SVVPWM) to attain the capacitor voltage balancing of multilevel diode-clamped converter …

Carrier-based closed-loop DC-link voltage balancing algorithm for four level NPC converters based on redundant level modulation

J Wang, X Yuan, B ** - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Four-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) multilevel converter topologies have been proposed
and actively studied for low/medium voltage applications. As an inherent issue with these …

Three-phase step-up multilevel inverter with self-balanced switched-capacitor

Y Ye, S Chen, R Sun, X Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a new three-phase multilevel inverter with boosting capability for low-
voltage applications like electric vehicles and renewable energy sources. This inverter is fed …

A modulation scheme based on virtual voltage levels for capacitor voltage balancing of the four-level diode clamped converter

J Ebrahimi, S Shahnooshi, S Eren… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a modulation scheme based on the concept of virtual voltage levels for
regulating the dc-link capacitor voltages of a four-level diode clamped converter under …