Review of MVDC applications, technologies, and future prospects

S Coffey, V Timmers, R Li, G Wu, A Egea-Àlvarez - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a complete review of MVDC applications and their required
technologies. Four main MVDC applications were investigated: rail, shipboard systems …

[HTML][HTML] MVDC railway traction power systems; state-of-the art, opportunities, and challenges

P Simiyu, IE Davidson - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Advances in voltage-source converters (VSCs), as well as their successful application in
VSC-HVDC systems, have motivated growing interests and research in medium-voltage …

DC circuit breakers: A technology development status survey

S Zheng, R Kheirollahi, J Pan, L Xue… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
DC circuit breakers (DCCBs) play a significant role in obtaining the reliability and stability of
DC power systems. Selective and fast isolating of faults minimizes the power supply outages …

Performance evaluation and limitations of overvoltage suppression circuits for low-and medium-voltage DC solid-state breakers

A Giannakis, D Peftitsis - IEEE Open Journal of Power …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a design and performance evaluation of three different overvoltage
suppression circuits employed in a solid-state circuit breaker for medium-to high-power and …

Optimized design of multi-MHz frequency isolated auxiliary power supply for gate drivers in medium-voltage converters

OC Spro, P Lefranc, S Park… - … on Power Electronics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the design and optimization of a suitable topology for an isolated dc-dc
auxiliary power supply with high isolation voltage and low coupling capacitance. The …

[HTML][HTML] Reliability analysis of modular multilevel converters in mvdc applications

Y Tian, G Konstantinou - e-Prime-Advances in Electrical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
In modular multilevel converters (MMCs) designed for medium-voltage DC (MVDC) systems,
since the required sub-modules (SMs) in one arm are fewer, the converters cannot afford the …

Piezoelectrically actuated fast mechanical switch for MVDC protection

C Xu, T Damle, M Bosworth, D Soto… - … on Power Delivery, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Medium voltage direct current (MVDC) power systems are in their early phase of
development, but the lack of efficient and reliable DC circuit breakers is currently one of the …

A review on hybrid modular multilevel converters for medium voltage applications

R Shahane, KN Rao, A Shukla - 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The medium-voltage dc (MVDC) distribution network is gaining interest due to the increasing
demand for electrical vehicles, medium voltage motor drives, onboard electrical systems for …

[HTML][HTML] Multiterminal medium voltage DC distribution network hierarchical control

P Simiyu, A **n, K Wang, G Adwek, S Salman - Electronics, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this research study, a multiterminal voltage source converter (VSC) medium voltage DC
(MVDC) distribution network hierarchical control scheme is proposed for renewable energy …

High voltage DC auto-transformer traction power supply for braking energy utilization, rail potential, and stray current mitigation

M Wang, X Yang, S Li, Y Zhu, W Feng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For urban rail transit, high-voltage ac power is generally transmitted from the main
substation to the traction substation (TS), which employs isolated diode–rectifiers to feed the …