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Comparative Study of High-Frequency Injection Method and HMMC for Suppressing Capacitor Voltage Fluctuation of MMC

  • School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Modular multilevel converter (MMC) represents an interesting and emerging topology in medium-voltage motor drive applications. The main challenge of using such a topology in variable-speed drives is the large voltage fluctuation of sub module capacitors at low speeds. The most widely used method of suppressing the fluctuation of capacitor voltage is high-frequency injection method. In addition, a novel hybrid modular multilevel converter (HMMC) topology has received extensive attention due to its inherent ability to reduce capacitor voltage fluctuation. In this paper, a comparative study of high-frequency injection method and HMMC in terms of converter loss, current stress and capacitance was conducted. The results show that the use of HMM C topology leads to lower loss and current stress at low frequency. The comparative study will guide the application of MMC in the field of motor drive.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICEMS 2018 - 2018 21st International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1324-1329
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9788986510201
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Nov 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event21st International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, ICEMS 2018 - Jeju, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 7 Oct 201810 Oct 2018

Publication series

NameICEMS 2018 - 2018 21st International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, ICEMS 2018
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityJeju
Period7/10/1810/10/18

Keywords

  • Modular multilevel converter
  • capacitor voltage fluctuation suppression
  • loss analysis
  • low frequency operation

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