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Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A

2010

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An N-Level Flying Capacitor Based Active Neutral-Point-Clamped Converter, Sridhar R. Pulikanti, Georgios S. Konstantinou, Vassilios G. Agelidis Jan 2010

An N-Level Flying Capacitor Based Active Neutral-Point-Clamped Converter, Sridhar R. Pulikanti, Georgios S. Konstantinou, Vassilios G. Agelidis

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A

An n-level flying capacitor (FC) based active neutral point clamped (ANPC) converter is discussed in this paper. The converter is based on an arrangement of a three-level ANPC converter and a number of two-level cells creating an n-level line-to-neutral waveform. The converter is operated under a phase-shifted carrier pulse-width modulation (PWM). The mathematical model for the DC-link capacitors voltage behavior of a three-phase arrangement is also presented. It is shown through simulations and experimental work that the voltage of flying capacitors can naturally balance to the required level in order to generate multilevel waveform. Simulations and experimental work of a …


Seven-Level Cascaded Anpc-Based Multilevel Converter, Sridhar R. Pulikanti, Georgios S. Konstantinou, Vassilios G. Agelidis Jan 2010

Seven-Level Cascaded Anpc-Based Multilevel Converter, Sridhar R. Pulikanti, Georgios S. Konstantinou, Vassilios G. Agelidis

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A

A seven-level converter based on the cascaded connection of a three-level active neutral-point-clamped (ANPC) converter and individual H-bridge cells per phase is presented in this paper. This converter only requires a single DC source for all three phases and extends the amplitude of output voltage of the converter with similar DC-link voltage. The operation principles and control strategies based on a fundamental frequency harmonic elimination PWM are discussed. The regulation of FC voltage depends on the positions of switching angles over a quarter period in the available solutions and on the load power factor. In order to extend the regulation …