TY - GEN
T1 - Active voltage balancing of five-level H-bridge flying capacitor multicell converter controlled with level-shifted-carrier PWM
AU - Sadigh, Arash Khoshkbar
AU - Dargahi, Vahid
AU - Corzine, Keith
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/5/4
Y1 - 2015/5/4
N2 - Flying capacitor multicell (FCM) converter is one of the well-known breeds of multilevel converters. There are several configurations of flying-capacitor-based converters presented and reviewed in the literature. One of the promising topologies of the FCM converter suitable for single/threephase applications requiring isolated converters is H-Bridge (Full-Bridge) FCM converter wherein two FCM converters are connected back-to-back encircling one dc voltage source. Due to a superior line-to-line harmonic performance of the level-shifted-carrier pulse-width-modulation (LSC-PWM), this paper proposes an active voltage control of five-level H-bridge FCM converter operated under LSC-PWMs. The general scheme of the proposed active voltage balancing is implemented by utilization of logic-gates without requiring any lookup table. The five-level H-bridge FCM is simulated in PSCAD and the simulation results are provided. Moreover, the performance of the proposed active voltage balancing is investigated under different LSC-PWM strategies to show which one results in a better harmonic performance and which one results in less voltage ripple across the flying capacitors.
AB - Flying capacitor multicell (FCM) converter is one of the well-known breeds of multilevel converters. There are several configurations of flying-capacitor-based converters presented and reviewed in the literature. One of the promising topologies of the FCM converter suitable for single/threephase applications requiring isolated converters is H-Bridge (Full-Bridge) FCM converter wherein two FCM converters are connected back-to-back encircling one dc voltage source. Due to a superior line-to-line harmonic performance of the level-shifted-carrier pulse-width-modulation (LSC-PWM), this paper proposes an active voltage control of five-level H-bridge FCM converter operated under LSC-PWMs. The general scheme of the proposed active voltage balancing is implemented by utilization of logic-gates without requiring any lookup table. The five-level H-bridge FCM is simulated in PSCAD and the simulation results are provided. Moreover, the performance of the proposed active voltage balancing is investigated under different LSC-PWM strategies to show which one results in a better harmonic performance and which one results in less voltage ripple across the flying capacitors.
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U2 - 10.1109/PSC.2015.7101714
DO - 10.1109/PSC.2015.7101714
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84933573899
T3 - 2015 Clemson University Power Systems Conference, PSC 2015
BT - 2015 Clemson University Power Systems Conference, PSC 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2015 Clemson University Power Systems Conference, PSC 2015
Y2 - 10 March 2015 through 13 March 2015
ER -