Recent progress and development on power DC-DC converter topology, control, design and applications: A review

MZ Hossain, NA Rahim - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the last few decennia, power DC/DC converters have been the subject of great interest
due to its extensive increment of utilization in different applications. A thorough review on …

Isolated and nonisolated DC-to-DC converters for medium-voltage DC networks: A review

I Alhurayyis, A Elkhateb… - IEEE Journal of Emerging …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Medium-voltage dc (MVdc) technology is a promising solution to avoid the installation of
new ac networks. MVdc can provide optimum integration of large-scale renewable energy …

DC fault detection and location in meshed multiterminal HVDC systems based on DC reactor voltage change rate

R Li, L Xu, L Yao - IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The change rate of the dc reactor voltage with predefined protection voltage thresholds is
proposed to provide fast and accurate dc fault detection in a meshed multiterminal HVDC …

Overview of DC–DC converters dedicated to HVdc grids

JD Paez, D Frey, J Maneiro, S Bacha… - … on Power Delivery, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
HVdc grids are a promising alternative for the expansion of the existing ac grid. They are
interesting for the integration of large-scale renewable energy sources, connecting high …

A pole-to-pole short-circuit fault current calculation method for DC grids

C Li, C Zhao, J Xu, Y Ji, F Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a generic pole-to-pole short-circuit fault current calculation method for
dc grids. The calculation procedure begins from the simplified RLC equivalent model of a …

Review of dc–dc converters for multi‐terminal HVDC transmission networks

GP Adam, IA Gowaid, SJ Finney, D Holliday… - IET Power …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents a comprehensive review of high‐power dc–dc converters for high‐
voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems, with emphasis on the most promising …

Cell capacitor sizing in multilevel converters: cases of the modular multilevel converter and alternate arm converter

MMC Merlin, TC Green - IET Power Electronics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Multilevel converters, such as the modular multilevel converter (MMC) or the alternate arm
converter (AAC), rely on charged capacitors in their cells to generate their AC voltage …

Research and application on multi‐terminal and DC grids based on VSC‐HVDC technology in China

T An, G Tang, W Wang - High voltage, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Voltage source converter (VSC)‐based high‐voltage direct current (HVDC) and multi‐
terminal (MT)/DC grid technologies are the new HVDC transmission technologies after ultra …

Analysis and design of a modular multilevel converter with trapezoidal modulation for medium and high voltage DC-DC transformers

IA Gowaid, GP Adam, S Ahmed… - … on Power Electronics, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conventional dual-active bridge topologies provide galvanic isolation and soft-switching
over a reasonable operating range without dedicated resonant circuits. However, scaling the …

Modular multilevel high-frequency-link DC transformer based on dual active phase-shift principle for medium-voltage DC power distribution application

B Zhao, Q Song, J Li, Y Wang… - ieee transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a multilevel high-frequency-link dc transformer (MDCT) based on dual
active phase-shift principle for medium-voltage dc (MVDC) power distribution application …