Different parallel connections generated by the Modular Multilevel Series/Parallel Converter: an overview

Hans  Bahamonde I.; Sebastian Rivera; Zhongxi Li; Stefan Goetz; Angel Peterchev; Ricardo Lizana F.

doi:10.1109/IECON.2019.8927286

Different parallel connections generated by the Modular Multilevel Series/Parallel Converter: an overview

Hans Bahamonde I., Sebastian Rivera, Zhongxi Li, Stefan Goetz, Angel Peterchev, Ricardo Lizana F.

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Abstract

The Modular Multilevel Series Parallel Converter (MMSPC) not only allows dynamic interconnection among the modules in series connection, like the traditional Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC), but also in parallel connection. This extra switching state among the modules allows new features and operation modes. The parallel connection between modules enabled by the MMSPC, is not only limited to those modules belonging to the same arm, but can also be extended to the parallel connection of modules from different arms or even from different phases. All these different interconnections brings operational benefits as well as some constraints. In this paper, the power topology, operation and comparison of different MMSPC configurations are presented. Specifically, this paper describes in detail the traditional MMC (without parallel interconnection), the MMSPC with parallel connection of modules of the same arm only, the MMSPC with the option of paralleling connection among the phases of the system, the MMSPC with parallel connection between arms of the same phase and finally, the MMSPC with full-parallel capability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	6114-6119
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728148786
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8927286
State	Published - Oct 2019
Event	45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2019 - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 14 Oct 2019 → 17 Oct 2019

Publication series

Name	IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)
Volume	2019-October

Conference

Conference	45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2019
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	14/10/19 → 17/10/19

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Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by FONDECYT Iniciacion under Grant No. 11160227, in part by the National Science Foundation under grant No. 1608929, the North Carolina Biotechnology Center under grant No. 2016-CFG-8004, and in part by the National Institute of Mental Health under award number R01MH111865.

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© 2019 IEEE.

Keywords

Capacitors
Topology
Simulation
Voltage measurement
Modulation
Voltage control
Switches

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Bahamonde I., H., Rivera, S., Li, Z., Goetz, S., Peterchev, A., & Lizana F., R. (2019). Different parallel connections generated by the Modular Multilevel Series/Parallel Converter: an overview. In Proceedings: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (pp. 6114-6119). Article 8927286 (IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference); Vol. 2019-October). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8927286

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Different parallel connections generated by the Modular Multilevel Series/Parallel Converter: an overview. / Bahamonde I., Hans ; Rivera, Sebastian; Li, Zhongxi et al.
Proceedings: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. IEEE Computer Society, 2019. p. 6114-6119 8927286 (IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference); Vol. 2019-October).

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Bahamonde I. H, Rivera S, Li Z, Goetz S, Peterchev A, Lizana F. R. Different parallel connections generated by the Modular Multilevel Series/Parallel Converter: an overview. In Proceedings: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. IEEE Computer Society. 2019. p. 6114-6119. 8927286. (IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)). doi: 10.1109/IECON.2019.8927286

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