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Design and Operation of a Hybrid Modular Multilevel Converter

Zeng, Rong, Xu, Lie, Yao, Liangzhong, Williams, Barry W.·2015·IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
DOI 10.1109/tpel.2014.2320822
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This paper presents a hybrid modular multilevel converter (MMC), which combines full-bridge submodules (FBSM) and half-bridge submodules (HBSM). Compared with the FBSM-based MMC, the proposed topology has the same dc fault blocking capability but uses fewer power devices hence has lower power losses. To increase power transmission capability of the proposed hybrid MMC, negative voltage states of the FBSMs are adopted to extend the output voltage range. The optimal ratio of FBSMs and HBSMs, and the number of FBSMs generating a negative voltage state are calculated to ensure successful dc fault blocking and capacitor voltage balancing. Equivalent circuits of each arm consisting of two individual voltage sources are proposed and two-stage selecting and sorting algorithms for ensuring capacitor voltage balancing are developed. Comparative studies for different circuit configurations show excellent performance balance for the proposed hybrid MMC, when considering dc fault blocking capability, power losses, and device utilization. Experimental results during normal operation and dc fault conditions demonstrate feasibility and validity the proposed hybrid MMC.

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Authors
Zeng, R., Xu, L., Yao, L., & Williams, B. W.
Affiliations
  • University of Strathclyde (GB)
  • China Electric Power Research Institute (CN)
ORCID
Venue
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Published
2015-03
Volume
30
Issue
3
Pages
1137-1146
ISSN
  • 0885-8993 (ISSN-L)
  • 1941-0107
DOI
10.1109/tpel.2014.2320822
OpenAlex
W2008773359
Cited by
455
References
24
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 43 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 61 · 2018: 66 · 2017: 47 · 2016: 41 · 2015: 18
FWCI
18.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplorehelp/downloads/license-information/IEEE.html (vor)
Locations
  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (publishedVersion)
  • Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde) (acceptedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › HVDC Systems and Fault Protection
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Multilevel Inverters and Converters
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies
Keywords
hybrid modular multilevel converter, full-bridge submodules, half-bridge submodules, DC fault blocking, capacitor voltage balancing, equivalent circuit model, power losses, device utilization

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Zeng, R., Xu, L., Yao, L., & Williams, B. W. (2015). Design and Operation of a Hybrid Modular Multilevel Converter. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2014.2320822

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