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Electrical power conversions are common in a large variety of engineering applications. With reference to AC/DC and DC/AC power conversions, a strong research interest resides in multilevel converters, thanks to the many advantages they…
The paper addresses an improved inner current reference calculation to be employed in the control of modular multilevel converters operating during either balanced or unbalanced conditions. The suggested reference calculation is derived…
Unlike conventional converters, modular multilevel converter (MMC) has a higher switching frequency -- which has direct implication on important parameters like converter loss and reliability -- mainly due to increased number of switching…
The modular multilevel converter (MMC) is a promising converter technology for various highvoltage high-power applications. The reason to that is low-distortion output quantities can be achieved with low average switching frequencies per…
Cockcroft-Walton (CW) voltage multipliers suffer from output ripple that classical analytical models underestimate due to neglected non-idealities like diode drops and capacitor ESR, particularly in high-stage, low-frequency and heavy-load…
This paper proposes a novel switching algorithm for modular multilevel converters (MMCs) that significantly reduces the switching frequency while fulfilling all control objectives required for their proper operation. Unlike in the…
The application of multilevel converters to renewable energy systems is a growing topic due to their advantages in energy efficiency. Regarding its control, model predictive control (MPC) has become very appealing due to its natural…
Modern power systems are characterized by low inertia and fast voltage dynamics due to the increase of sources connecting via power electronics and the removal of large traditional thermal generators. Power electronics are commonly equipped…
The bridge arm of the hybrid modular multilevel converter (MMC) is composed of half-bridge and full-bridge sub-modules cascaded together. Compared with the half-bridge MMC, it can operate in the boost-AC mode, where the modulation index can…
A modular and scalable converter for medium voltage (MV) AC to low voltage (LV) DC power conversion is proposed; single-phase-modules (SPMs), each consisting of an active-front-end (AFE) stage and an isolated DC-DC stage, are connected in…
Conventional boost converters are essential to connect low-voltage energy source such as battery with high voltage DC bus in Electric Vehicles due to its simple construction and high conversion efficiency. However, large output capacitor…
This paper demonstrates that the sum and difference of the upper and lower arm voltages are suitable variables for deriving a generalized state-space model of an MMC which settles at a constant equilibrium in steady-state operation, while…
Recent research on multilevel inverters shows exciting properties, including the potential to generate multiple output voltages and integrated voltage boosting. However, most presented inverter topologies have a restricted number of output…
The modular multilevel converter (MMC) is a topology that consists of a high number of capacitors, and degradation of capacitors can lead to converter malfunction, limiting the overall system lifetime. Condition monitoring methods can be…
Learning from two-level voltage source converters, the existing impedance-based stability analyses of modular multilevel converters (MMCs) primarily focus on system modes with finite closed-loop transfer functions, which consider…
Cascaded circuits such as modular multilevel con-verters (MMC) offer attractive qualities in reconfigurable battery applications. In contrast to conventional hard-wired dc battery packs, the MMC topology loads modules with ac current, which…
State-of-the-art in-memory computation has recently emerged as the most promising solution to overcome design challenges related to data movement inside current computing systems. One of the approaches to performing in-memory computation is…
Modular multilevel converters are wellknown in the energy sector and have significant potential in others, such as electromobility. Generally, their stable operation is at the expense of numerous sensors, communication burdens, and…
Switch-mode power converters are used in various applications to convert between different voltage (or current) levels. They use transistors to switch on and off the input voltage to generate a pulsed voltage whose arithmetic average is the…
AC transmission lines with lengths greater than 80km cannot be used to their maximum capacity due to limits in voltage drops and transient stability. This inefficient way of using conductors in a transmission line can be overcome if the…