Passive Voltage Balancing In Modular Multilevel Converter During Precharge: Analysis And Design

The modular multilevel converter is composed of many equal submodules connected in series, each having to ideally withstand the same voltage and current stresses. The resulting configuration when each SM capacitor feeds its own auxiliary power supply is unstable during at least part of the converte...

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Main Authors: Gean Jacques Maia de Sousa, Luiz H. T. Schmidt, Marcelo Lobo Heldwein, Daniel Juan Pagano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Eletrônica de Potência 2020-12-01
Series:Eletrônica de Potência
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Online Access:https://journal.sobraep.org.br/index.php/rep/article/view/295