TY - GEN
T1 - Closed-form equations for analytical exploration and comparison of switching power losses in flying capacitor multicell and active neutral-point-clamped multilevel converters
AU - Dargahi, Vahid
AU - Sadigh, Arash Khoshkbar
AU - Corzine, Keith
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This study presents closed-form formulas in order to analytically calculate, evaluate, and compare the switching power losses in flying capacitor multicell (FCM) and active neutral-point-clamped (ANPC) converters. The equations are derived on the basis of computing the switching instants of the PWM modulator exploiting the Kapteyn (Fourier-Bessel) series. In this regard, the switching power loss investigation is carried out analytically through the derived closed-form equations, and numerically through simulation results. In order to simulate the switching power losses the numeric approach using curve-fitting method is adopted. Comparative analysis and evaluation of the switching power losses are presented for both of the multilevel converters.
AB - This study presents closed-form formulas in order to analytically calculate, evaluate, and compare the switching power losses in flying capacitor multicell (FCM) and active neutral-point-clamped (ANPC) converters. The equations are derived on the basis of computing the switching instants of the PWM modulator exploiting the Kapteyn (Fourier-Bessel) series. In this regard, the switching power loss investigation is carried out analytically through the derived closed-form equations, and numerically through simulation results. In order to simulate the switching power losses the numeric approach using curve-fitting method is adopted. Comparative analysis and evaluation of the switching power losses are presented for both of the multilevel converters.
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U2 - 10.1109/ECCE.2016.7854918
DO - 10.1109/ECCE.2016.7854918
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85015435699
T3 - ECCE 2016 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Proceedings
BT - ECCE 2016 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2016
Y2 - 18 September 2016 through 22 September 2016
ER -