An Improved Reduced Parallel Modular Multilevel Converter with Sensorless Capacitor Voltage Balancing

Mostafa  Abarzadeh; Masoud  Afsharikhamaneh; Simon  Caron; Saeed Peyghami; Kamal  Al-Haddad

doi:10.23919/EPE23ECCEEurope58414.2023.10264560

An Improved Reduced Parallel Modular Multilevel Converter with Sensorless Capacitor Voltage Balancing

Mostafa Abarzadeh, Masoud Afsharikhamaneh, Simon Caron, Saeed Peyghami, Kamal Al-Haddad

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A new improved reduced parallel modular multilevel converter (RP-MMC) and its generalized topology are proposed in this paper. First, a basic four-level dc cell as well as its improved switching pattern to achieve sensorless voltage balancing of the capacitors is proposed. Then, a seven-level inverter is obtained by applying a low-frequency H-bridge to the proposed four-level dc cell. In addition, generalized topology of the proposed reduced multilevel dc cell is presented and described. Moreover, a new sensorless modified nearest level control (MNLC) switching pattern is proposed for the RP-MMC. The presented experimental results verify the feasibility and viability of the proposed seven-level inverter as well as the proposed MNLC modulation technique.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 25th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2023 ECCE Europe
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2023
Article number	10264560
ISBN (Electronic)	9789075815412
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE23ECCEEurope58414.2023.10264560
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	2023 25th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'23 ECCE Europe) - Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 4 Sept 2023 → 8 Sept 2023

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Conference	2023 25th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'23 ECCE Europe)
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Aalborg
Period	04/09/2023 → 08/09/2023

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multi level converter
components reduction
modular multilevel converter
nearest level control
Capacitor voltage balancing
parallel configuration

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Abarzadeh, M, Afsharikhamaneh, M, Caron, S, Peyghami, S & Al-Haddad, K 2023, An Improved Reduced Parallel Modular Multilevel Converter with Sensorless Capacitor Voltage Balancing. in 2023 25th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2023 ECCE Europe., 10264560, IEEE, 2023 25th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'23 ECCE Europe), Aalborg, Denmark, 04/09/2023. https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE23ECCEEurope58414.2023.10264560

An Improved Reduced Parallel Modular Multilevel Converter with Sensorless Capacitor Voltage Balancing. / Abarzadeh, Mostafa ; Afsharikhamaneh, Masoud ; Caron, Simon et al.
2023 25th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2023 ECCE Europe. IEEE, 2023. 10264560.

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