Modular multilevel converters technology: a comprehensive study on its topologies, modelling, control and applications

MN Raju, J Sreedevi, RP Mandi… - IET Power …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A modular multilevel converter (MMC) is one of the perfect topologies for high power and
medium‐/high‐voltage energy conversion systems. The MMC has attractive features such as …

Evolution of topologies, modeling, control schemes, and applications of modular multilevel converters

A Dekka, B Wu, RL Fuentes, M Perez… - IEEE Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modular multilevel converter (MMC) is one of the most promising topologies for medium to
high-voltage high-power applications. The main features of MMC are modularity, voltage …

Circuit topologies, modeling, control schemes, and applications of modular multilevel converters

MA Perez, S Bernet, J Rodriguez… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modular multilevel converters have several attractive features such as a modular structure,
the capability of transformer-less operation, easy scalability in terms of voltage and current …

Circulating current injection methods based on instantaneous information for the modular multilevel converter

J Pou, S Ceballos, G Konstantinou… - IEEE Transactions …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies different circulating current references for the modular multilevel
converter. The circulating current references are obtained from the instantaneous values of …

Overview on submodule topologies, modeling, modulation, control schemes, fault diagnosis, and tolerant control strategies of modular multilevel converters

F Deng, Y Lü, C Liu, Q Heng, Q Yu… - Chinese Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the present scenario, modular multilevel converters (MMCs) are considered to be one of
the most promising and effective topologies in the family of high-power converters because …

A modified voltage balancing algorithm for the modular multilevel converter: Evaluation for staircase and phase-disposition PWM

R Darus, J Pou, G Konstantinou… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a low complexity implementation of the voltage balancing algorithm
aiming to reduce the switching frequency of the power devices in modular multilevel …

Active power decoupling for a modified modular multilevel converter to decrease submodule capacitor voltage ripples and power losses

G Jia, M Chen, S Tang, C Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The usage of too many sizeable capacitors significantly increases the volume and cost of the
modular multilevel converter (MMC), and limits its spread in medium-and high-voltage …

(2N+ 1) selective harmonic elimination-PWM for modular multilevel converters: A generalized formulation and a circulating current control method

A Perez-Basante, S Ceballos… - … on Power Electronics, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance of modular multilevel converters (MMCs) in medium-voltage applications,
where the number of required submodules is not high, can be improved utilizing low …

Nearest-level control method with improved output quality for modular multilevel converters

MH Nguyen, S Kwak - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nearest-level control (NLC) is a popular technique used in modular multilevel converters
(MMCs) with a large number of submodules (SMs) owing to the NLC's flexibility and ease of …

Comparison of phase-shifted and level-shifted PWM in the modular multilevel converter

R Darus, G Konstantinou, J Pou… - … 2014-ECCE ASIA), 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports a comparison study of different carrier-based PWM techniques applied to
the modular multilevel converter. Phase-disposition PWM (PD-PWM) and phase-shifted …