Limitations of overlap control for energy balancing of the alternate arm converter under imbalanced ac grid conditions

Jinke Li; Harith R. Wickramasinghe; Georgios Konstantinou; Josep Pou; Xinmin Jin

doi:10.1109/ACEPT.2017.8168596

Limitations of overlap control for energy balancing of the alternate arm converter under imbalanced ac grid conditions

Jinke Li^*, Harith R. Wickramasinghe, Georgios Konstantinou, Josep Pou, Xinmin Jin

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Abstract

Energy balancing of the alternate arm converter (AAC) takes place during the overlap period, when a circulating current flows through both arms of the converter. In this paper, the limitations of the commonly used energy balancing methods of the AAC under grid imbalances are demonstrated. It is shown that the overlap control can only provide sufficient energy balancing for a relatively limited voltage imbalance degree of the ac voltages and larger imbalances greatly impact the energy balancing of the AAC. The limitations of the overlap control are demonstrated through real-time digital simulations of an 800-MVA benchmark AAC model under single-phase, phase-to-phase and three-phase ac imbalances with varying imbalance degrees.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification, ACEPT 2017
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538609712
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ACEPT.2017.8168596
Publication status	Published - Dec 5 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification, ACEPT 2017 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: Oct 24 2017 → Oct 26 2017

Publication series

Name	2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification, ACEPT 2017
Volume	2017-December

Conference

Conference	2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification, ACEPT 2017
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	10/24/17 → 10/26/17

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© 2017 IEEE.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Transportation
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Automotive Engineering

Keywords

Alternate arm converter
energy balancing
grid imbalances
overlap period

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Li, J., Wickramasinghe, H. R., Konstantinou, G., Pou, J., & Jin, X. (2017). Limitations of overlap control for energy balancing of the alternate arm converter under imbalanced ac grid conditions. In 2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification, ACEPT 2017 (pp. 1-6). (2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification, ACEPT 2017; Vol. 2017-December). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACEPT.2017.8168596

Li, Jinke ; Wickramasinghe, Harith R. ; Konstantinou, Georgios et al. / Limitations of overlap control for energy balancing of the alternate arm converter under imbalanced ac grid conditions. 2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification, ACEPT 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. pp. 1-6 (2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification, ACEPT 2017).

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Li, J, Wickramasinghe, HR, Konstantinou, G, Pou, J & Jin, X 2017, Limitations of overlap control for energy balancing of the alternate arm converter under imbalanced ac grid conditions. in 2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification, ACEPT 2017. 2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification, ACEPT 2017, vol. 2017-December, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1-6, 2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification, ACEPT 2017, Singapore, Singapore, 10/24/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACEPT.2017.8168596

Limitations of overlap control for energy balancing of the alternate arm converter under imbalanced ac grid conditions. / Li, Jinke; Wickramasinghe, Harith R.; Konstantinou, Georgios et al.
2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification, ACEPT 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 1-6 (2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification, ACEPT 2017; Vol. 2017-December).

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Limitations of overlap control for energy balancing of the alternate arm converter under imbalanced ac grid conditions

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