A simple method for capacitor voltages balancing of diode-clamped multilevel converters using space vector modulation

Mehdi Narimani; Venkata Yaramasu; Bin Wu; Navid Zargari; George Cheng; Gerry Moschopoulos

doi:10.1109/IECON.2013.6699154

A simple method for capacitor voltages balancing of diode-clamped multilevel converters using space vector modulation

Mehdi Narimani, Venkata Yaramasu, Bin Wu, Navid Zargari, George Cheng, Gerry Moschopoulos

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Abstract

This paper presents a new and simple method for capacitor voltages balancing of an n-level diode-clamped multilevel converters using space vector modulation (SVM). The proposed method introduces a generalized approach to calculate dc-link capacitor currents without the use of look-up tables for an n-level diode-clamped converter. This approach balances dc-link capacitor voltages based on minimum energy property. The performance of the proposed method has been studied for a three-level, four-level and five-level diode-clamped converter in MATLAB/Simulink environment.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Pages	310-315
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2013.6699154
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - Vienna, Austria Duration: Nov 10 2013 → Nov 14 2013

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Name	IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Conference

Conference	39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	11/10/13 → 11/14/13

Keywords

dc-ac power conversion
diode-clamped converter
multilevel converter
space vector modulation (SVM)

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Control and Systems Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Narimani, M., Yaramasu, V., Wu, B., Zargari, N., Cheng, G., & Moschopoulos, G. (2013). A simple method for capacitor voltages balancing of diode-clamped multilevel converters using space vector modulation. In Proceedings, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (pp. 310-315). Article 6699154 (IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2013.6699154

A simple method for capacitor voltages balancing of diode-clamped multilevel converters using space vector modulation. / Narimani, Mehdi; Yaramasu, Venkata; Wu, Bin et al.
Proceedings, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. 2013. p. 310-315 6699154 (IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)).

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Narimani, M, Yaramasu, V, Wu, B, Zargari, N, Cheng, G & Moschopoulos, G 2013, A simple method for capacitor voltages balancing of diode-clamped multilevel converters using space vector modulation. in Proceedings, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society., 6699154, IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference), pp. 310-315, 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013, Vienna, Austria, 11/10/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2013.6699154

Narimani M, Yaramasu V, Wu B, Zargari N, Cheng G, Moschopoulos G. A simple method for capacitor voltages balancing of diode-clamped multilevel converters using space vector modulation. In Proceedings, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. 2013. p. 310-315. 6699154. (IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)). doi: 10.1109/IECON.2013.6699154

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