Optimisation Methods to Reduce Capacitor Stress in Modular Multilevel Converters

Modular multilevel converters consist of many capacitor half-bridge or full-bridge converter cells. Stresses on the capacitors result from peak capacitor voltage, capacitor voltage ripple and current ripple. Three new tractable convex optimisation problems are presented that reduce peak capacitor vo...

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Published in:IEEE access 2020-01, Vol.8, p.1-1
Main Authors: Petranovic, Nikola, Cantoni, Antonio, Townsend, Christopher D., Konstantinou, Georgios
Format: Article
Language:English
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Capacitors
Design optimisation
Electric bridges
Electric converters
Electric potential
equivalent circuits
Harmonic analysis
Mathematical model
modelling
modular multilevel converters
Multilevel converters
Optimization
Optimization methods
Ripples
Stress
Voltage
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Summary:Modular multilevel converters consist of many capacitor half-bridge or full-bridge converter cells. Stresses on the capacitors result from peak capacitor voltage, capacitor voltage ripple and current ripple. Three new tractable convex optimisation problems are presented that reduce peak capacitor voltage and limit rms arm current using injected zero-sequence voltages, circulating currents and selecting the initial stored capacitor energy. These optimisation problems are compared to assess their performance in terms of key indicators which include factors related to capacitor stress, capacitor and semiconductor ratings, and power loss: peak capacitor voltage, capacitor voltage ripple, capacitor current ripple, average and rms arm current. The optimisation methods permit designers to understand the trade-offs in achieving the limits imposed by device specifications and power losses.
ISSN:2169-3536
2169-3536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3043254