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Voltage balancing of a five-level flying capacitor converter using optimum switching transitions
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Author:
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Ghias, Amer M.Y.M.; Pou Félix, Josep; Ciobotaru, M.; Agelidis, Vassilios
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. TIEG - Terrassa Industrial Electronics Group |
Abstract:
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The flying capacitor (FC) multilevel converter requires a capacitor voltage balancing mechanism for proper operation. This paper proposes a voltage balancing scheme for a five-level FC converter based on phase disposition pulse-width modulation (PD-PWM) using transitions that produce the minimum number of switching events. This strategy will be called optimal-transition voltage balancing (OTVB) scheme. Since multiple optimum switching transitions between two consecutive voltage levels may be available, such a redundancy is used to regulate the FC voltages at their desired levels. Those transitions that produce more switching events are avoided. The rest of transitions are evaluated by means of a cost function and the one that produces the minimum value is selected. Simulation results show a significant reduction of the average switching frequency as compared to the use of the optimal-state voltage balancing (OSVB) scheme, while maintaining the balance of the FC voltages. Moreover, the proposed PD-PWM voltage balancing strategy is robust to static and dynamic load conditions. |
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Peer Reviewed |
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-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica::Electrònica de potència -Electric capacity -Electric switchgear -Time measurements -Capacitat elèctrica -Electricitat--Dispositius de distribució -Cronometria |
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Article - Submitted version Conference Object |
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