DC voltage control strategy for a five-level converter |
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Authors: | Ishida T Matsuse K Sugita K Lipei Huang Sasagawa K |
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Affiliation: | Meiji Univ., Kawasaki; |
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Abstract: | This paper describes a control method for a three-phase five-level diode-clamp pulse width modulation (PWM) converter considering DC-link capacitor voltage balancing problem. The proposed control circuit uses multiband hysteresis comparators (MHCs) to simplify the control of the main circuit. The DC-link capacitor voltage balancing problem is solved by changing the shape of the MHC. The proposed method can (1) overcome voltage imbalance at the DC-link capacitors; (2) achieve a unity power factor; (3) generate nearly sinusoidal input currents; and (4) regenerate electric power back to the power system. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate the validity of the proposed method |
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