A flexible step-up modular multilevel converter for high-power drive application

Saleh Farzamkia; Arash Khoshkbar-Sadigh; Hossein Iman-Eini; Seyyed Hossein Hosseini

doi:10.1109/ITEC48692.2020.9161514

A flexible step-up modular multilevel converter for high-power drive application

Saleh Farzamkia, Arash Khoshkbar-Sadigh, Hossein Iman-Eini, Seyyed Hossein Hosseini

Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

A flexible step-up modular multilevel converter (MMC) is proposed in this paper with a potential for high-power motor drive applications. Increasing the DC-link voltage utilization up to three times is the main advantage of the proposed structure over the conventional MMCs. Using the proposed structure in motor drive systems decreases the required DC-link voltage which leads to a significant reduction in the rate and size of the rectifier stage. Having one-degree of freedom in design, DC-link short-circuit fault blocking capability, and ease of design and control are among other features of the proposed structure. Detailed formulation of reference signals and circulating current of the proposed structure along with comparative simulation and experimental results validate the performance of the proposed structure.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	314-319
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728146294
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ITEC48692.2020.9161514
State	Published - Jun 2020
Event	2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020 - Chicago, United States Duration: Jun 23 2020 → Jun 26 2020

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Name	2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020

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Conference	2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	6/23/20 → 6/26/20

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Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Automotive Engineering
Transportation

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Farzamkia, S., Khoshkbar-Sadigh, A., Iman-Eini, H., & Hosseini, S. H. (2020). A flexible step-up modular multilevel converter for high-power drive application. In 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020 (pp. 314-319). Article 9161514 (2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITEC48692.2020.9161514

Farzamkia, Saleh ; Khoshkbar-Sadigh, Arash ; Iman-Eini, Hossein et al. / A flexible step-up modular multilevel converter for high-power drive application. 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. pp. 314-319 (2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020).

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Farzamkia, S, Khoshkbar-Sadigh, A, Iman-Eini, H & Hosseini, SH 2020, A flexible step-up modular multilevel converter for high-power drive application. in 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020., 9161514, 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 314-319, 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020, Chicago, United States, 6/23/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITEC48692.2020.9161514

A flexible step-up modular multilevel converter for high-power drive application. / Farzamkia, Saleh; Khoshkbar-Sadigh, Arash; Iman-Eini, Hossein et al.
2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. p. 314-319 9161514 (2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020).

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Farzamkia S, Khoshkbar-Sadigh A, Iman-Eini H, Hosseini SH. A flexible step-up modular multilevel converter for high-power drive application. In 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2020. p. 314-319. 9161514. (2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020). doi: 10.1109/ITEC48692.2020.9161514

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