Carrier interleaved PWM techniques in modular multilevel converters: A comparison based on same voltage level waveforms

Rosheila Darus; Georgios Konstantinou; Josep Pou; Salvador Ceballos; Vassilios G. Agelidis

doi:10.1109/ECCE.2014.6953907

Carrier interleaved PWM techniques in modular multilevel converters: A comparison based on same voltage level waveforms

Rosheila Darus, Georgios Konstantinou, Josep Pou, Salvador Ceballos, Vassilios G. Agelidis

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Abstract

Depending on the modulation method the upper and lower arms of the modular multilevel converter are controlled, the topology can generate two different output voltage levels (N+1 and 2N+1) using the same number (N) of sub-modules (SMs). The analysis and evaluation presented in this paper demonstrates that for an output voltage with a given number of levels and same amount of stored energy in the arms, carrier interleaving between the arms of the MMC results in a similar overall performance compared to an MMC without carrier interleaving, despite having less SMs in each arm. The set of presented results complement existing analysis for carrier interleaving applied to MMCs with a given number of SMs per arm. The simulation and experimental results confirm the similar performance of the two configurations and modulation techniques.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2014
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	3725-3730
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479956982
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2014.6953907
Publication status	Published - Nov 11 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Name	2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2014

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Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

Keywords

Carrier interleaving
Carrier-based PWM
Modular multilevel converter
Pulse-width modulation

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Darus, R., Konstantinou, G., Pou, J., Ceballos, S., & Agelidis, V. G. (2014). Carrier interleaved PWM techniques in modular multilevel converters: A comparison based on same voltage level waveforms. In 2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2014 (pp. 3725-3730). Article 6953907 (2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2014). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2014.6953907

Darus, Rosheila ; Konstantinou, Georgios ; Pou, Josep et al. / Carrier interleaved PWM techniques in modular multilevel converters : A comparison based on same voltage level waveforms. 2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. pp. 3725-3730 (2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2014).

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Darus, R, Konstantinou, G, Pou, J, Ceballos, S & Agelidis, VG 2014, Carrier interleaved PWM techniques in modular multilevel converters: A comparison based on same voltage level waveforms. in 2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2014., 6953907, 2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 3725-3730. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2014.6953907

Carrier interleaved PWM techniques in modular multilevel converters: A comparison based on same voltage level waveforms. / Darus, Rosheila; Konstantinou, Georgios; Pou, Josep et al.
2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 3725-3730 6953907 (2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2014).

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Carrier interleaved PWM techniques in modular multilevel converters: A comparison based on same voltage level waveforms

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