Adding a Modular Multilevel Branch to a Conventional Converter to Enable the Quasi-Three-Level Operation Mode

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Authors

  • Malte Lorenz
  • Jan Niclas Laumann
  • Axel Mertens
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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (electronic)9798350331820
ISBN (print)979-8-3503-3183-7
Publication statusPublished - 2023
EventIECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 16 Oct 202319 Oct 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
ISSN (Print)2162-4704
ISSN (electronic)2577-1647

Abstract

This paper presents a new topology which is based on a conventional two-level converter with the addition of a modular multilevel branch as third current path to enable the quasi-three-level operation mode. In comparison to conventional converters, the output voltage steps can be reduced to the height of one module voltage when the proposed control approach is implemented. The stable operation and reduced output voltage steps of the topology are validated by simulation.

Keywords

    converter control, DC-AC power converters, multilevel converters, quasi-three-level

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Adding a Modular Multilevel Branch to a Conventional Converter to Enable the Quasi-Three-Level Operation Mode. / Lorenz, Malte; Laumann, Jan Niclas; Mertens, Axel.
IECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. IEEE Computer Society, 2023. (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society).

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Lorenz, M, Laumann, JN & Mertens, A 2023, Adding a Modular Multilevel Branch to a Conventional Converter to Enable the Quasi-Three-Level Operation Mode. in IECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE Computer Society, IECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore, Singapore, 16 Oct 2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON51785.2023.10311990
Lorenz, M., Laumann, J. N., & Mertens, A. (2023). Adding a Modular Multilevel Branch to a Conventional Converter to Enable the Quasi-Three-Level Operation Mode. In IECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON51785.2023.10311990
Lorenz M, Laumann JN, Mertens A. Adding a Modular Multilevel Branch to a Conventional Converter to Enable the Quasi-Three-Level Operation Mode. In IECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. IEEE Computer Society. 2023. (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society). doi: 10.1109/IECON51785.2023.10311990
Lorenz, Malte ; Laumann, Jan Niclas ; Mertens, Axel. / Adding a Modular Multilevel Branch to a Conventional Converter to Enable the Quasi-Three-Level Operation Mode. IECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. IEEE Computer Society, 2023. (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society).
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