Biaxially oriented silica–polypropylene nanocomposites for HVDC film capacitors: morphology-dielectric property relationships, and critical evaluation of the current …

I Rytöluoto, M Niittymäki, P Seri, H Naderiallaf… - Journal of Materials …, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Dielectric polymer nanocomposites are considered as one of the most promising insulation
material candidates for future capacitive energy storage applications, providing tailorability …

Metallized film capacitors used for EMI filtering: A reliability review

N Valentine, MH Azarian, M Pecht - Microelectronics Reliability, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Metallized film capacitors are used to reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) in electric
power mains due to their high voltage capability and their open circuit failure mode, which …

A 13-levels module (K-type) with two DC sources for multilevel inverters

E Samadaei, M Kaviani… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new reconfiguration module for asymmetrical multilevel inverters in
which the capacitors are used as the dc links to create the levels for staircase waveforms …

Reduced voltage stress and spikes in source current of 7-level switched-capacitor based multilevel inverter

S Islam, MD Siddique, MR Hussan, A Iqbal - IEEE Access, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Various 7-level switched-capacitor (SC) based converters are reported in the literature
which furnishes a voltage gain of 1.5. However, in these topologies, the voltage rating of …

Circulating current optimization control of MMC

GA Reddy, A Shukla - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modular multilevel converter (MMC) is a preferred topology for higher power applications.
The instantaneous voltage mismatch between the phase legs and dc bus in MMC leads to …

Capacitor condition monitoring based on the DC-side start-up of modular multilevel converters

Z Wang, Y Zhang, H Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter proposes a new submodule capacitor condition monitoring method for modular
multilevel converters (MMCs) based on the dc-side start-up procedure. During this process …

A novel inductance and capacitance selection method for modular multilevel converters based on modulation margin considerations

Z Li, Y Pei, L Chen, L Wang… - IEEE Journal of Emerging …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The arm inductance and the submodule capacitance have an enormous impact on the
operating performance and investment of modular multilevel converters (MMCs). However …

Lifetime analysis of metallized polypropylene capacitors in modular multilevel converter based on finite element method

R Yao, H Li, W Lai, AS Bahman… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Metallized polypropylene capacitors (MPPCs) are widely used in the modular multilevel
converter (MMC) for high-voltage direct-current transmission systems because of their lower …

[HTML][HTML] Stability and Control of VSC-Based HVDC Systems: A Systematic Review

F Mohammadi, N Azizi, HM CheshmehBeigi… - e-Prime-Advances in …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The technological development in the area of power electronics has paved the way for the
construction of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) systems. The utilization of HVDC grids …

Low-capacitance modular multilevel converter operating with high capacitor voltage ripples

Q Song, W Yang, B Zhao, J Meng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To provide a reliable approach that can significantly decrease energy storage requirements,
this paper proposes a low-capacitance modular multilevel converter (MMC) operating with …