An innovative modular multilevel converter topology suitable for a wide power range

By A. Lesnicar, R. Marquardt. 2003 IEEE Bologna Power Tech Conference Proceedings,, 2003

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Control and Experiment of a Modular Multilevel Cascade Converter Based on Triple-Star Bridge Cells (2014, background): “(30) To achieve the decoupled current control of the four circulating currents, the voltage commands for the circulating current control on the αβ reference frames should be given as follows”
VSC-Based HVDC Power Transmission Systems: An Overview (2009, background): “16(b)] is presented in [81] and examined for HVdc applications [82], [83].”
A General Review of Multilevel Inverters Based on Main Submodules: Structural Point of View (2019, background): “metric based on equal sources [81], [87]–[90], [103]–[109], [127]–[138], [151], [154]–[195], asymmetric based on unequal sources (binary, trinary, etc.”
Decoupling of Fluctuating Power in Single-Phase Systems Through a Symmetrical Half-Bridge Circuit (2015, background): “The MMC converter is now one of the most common types of voltage source converters used in high voltage direct current (HVDC) applications, because it has advantages like modularity, multilevel waveforms, high availability, as well as failure management [20].”
Suppressing DC Voltage Ripples of MMC-HVDC Under Unbalanced Grid Conditions (2012, background): “The basic operation principle was investigated with the space vector PWM modulation [8].”
On dynamics and voltage control of the Modular Multilevel Converter (2009, result): “Define Carm to be the capacitance of the series-connection of the capacitances C of each and all of the submodules in the arm as in (1).”
Circulating Current Suppressing Strategy for MMC-HVDC Based on Nonideal Proportional Resonant Controllers Under Unbalanced Grid Conditions (2015, background): “MMC is currently one of the most promising topologies in the HVDC field [4].”
Operation, Control, and Applications of the Modular Multilevel Converter: A Review (2015, background): “The first precharging scheme introduced in [55], [83], and [84] is based on using a dc circuit breaker (CB) and an auxiliary dc source with a voltage equal to the”
Modular Multilevel Converter With Series and Parallel Module Connectivity: Topology and Control (2015, methodology): “, as staircase in fundamental-frequency switching [51], [60], [61] or with high-frequency switching modulation [55], [62]–[64].”
Parameter design principle of the arm inductor in modular multilevel converter based HVDC (2010, background): “So far, space vector modulation schemes [8, 9] and pulse wide modulation schemes [7, 10] have been introduced.”
Analysis of the Phase-Shifted Carrier Modulation for Modular Multilevel Converters (2015, background): “2299802 high-power applications, particularly in the high-voltage direct current transmission (HVDC) sector [4]–[8].”
Modeling and Control of a Modular Multilevel Converter-Based HVDC System Under Unbalanced Grid Conditions (2012, methodology): “MMC is well scalable to high-voltage levels of power transmission based on cascade connection of multiple submodules (SMs) per arm [4], which also means a high number of output voltage levels (e.”
Dynamic Analysis of Modular Multilevel Converters (2013, background): “Among various multilevel topologies [2], the fairly recently proposed modular multilevel converter (M2C) [3]–[10] has many attractive properties.”
A Generalized Power Control Approach in ABC Frame for Modular Multilevel Converter HVDC Links Based on Mathematical Optimization (2014, methodology): “T HE MODULAR multilevel converter (MMC) proposed by [1] is increasingly gaining its place as the most suitable converter for VSC-HVDC multiterminal systems.”
Experimental Comparison of Model Predictive Control and Cascaded Control of the Modular Multilevel Converter (2015, methodology): “THE modular multilevel converter (MMC) was introduced in [1].”