Optimum state voltage balancing method for stacked multicell converters

Amer M.Y.M. Ghias; Josep Pou; Vassilios G. Agelidis; Mihai Ciobotaru

doi:10.1109/IECON.2013.6700170

Optimum state voltage balancing method for stacked multicell converters

Amer M.Y.M. Ghias, Josep Pou, Vassilios G. Agelidis, Mihai Ciobotaru

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Abstract

This paper presents a voltage balancing method for stacked multicell converters based on phase disposition pulse-width modulation. This method is based on minimizing a cost function to determine the optimum redundant state for capacitor voltage balance for each particular voltage level. The robustness of the proposed voltage balancing method is verified against static and dynamic unbalanced load conditions. Furthermore, a significant reduction in the switching frequencies of the power devices is achieved by using sawtooth carriers instead of standard triangular carriers without affecting the voltage balancing capability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Pages	6293-6298
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2013.6700170
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - Vienna, Austria Duration: Nov 10 2013 → Nov 14 2013

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Name	IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

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Conference	39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	11/10/13 → 11/14/13

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

Capacitor voltage balancing
Multilevel converter
Pulse-width modulation
Stacked multicell converter

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Ghias, A. M. Y. M., Pou, J., Agelidis, V. G., & Ciobotaru, M. (2013). Optimum state voltage balancing method for stacked multicell converters. In Proceedings, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (pp. 6293-6298). Article 6700170 (IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2013.6700170

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