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access icon free Hybrid double flying capacitor multicell converter and its application in grid-tied renewable energy resources

  • Author(s): Vahid Dargahi 1 ; Arash Khoshkbar Sadigh 2 ; Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy 1, 3 ; Keith Corzine 1
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    • Affiliations: 1: Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems (RTPIS) Laboratory, Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, SC 29634, USA;
      2: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California-Irvine, Irvine , CA 92697, USA;
      3: Eskom Centre of Excellence in HVDC Engineering, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Howard College, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa
  • Source: Volume 9, Issue 10, 02 July 2015, p. 947 – 956
    DOI:  10.1049/iet-gtd.2014.0591 , Print ISSN 1751-8687, Online ISSN 1751-8695
© The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Received 12/06/2014, Accepted 06/01/2015, Revised 08/10/2014, Published 24/04/2015

Multicell multilevel voltage source power converters are the state-of-the-art and key elements for harnessing and integration of medium-voltage high-power renewable energy resources. This study proposes a novel hybrid topology for double flying capacitor multicell (DFCM) converters that is suitable for grid-tied renewable energy systems. The proposed power converter is realised by cascade connection of one DFCM converter and one full-bridge converter (FBC) comprising a floating-capacitor. The floating-capacitor voltage of the FBC is regulated naturally at its requisite voltage level because of the existence of the abundant redundant charging/discharging states provided by the proposed switching and modulation pattern for the suggested hybrid converter. Hence the proposed control technique not only preserves the natural balancing for the FC voltages of the DFCM converter but also provides natural balancing for the floating-capacitor voltage of the FBC. The main objective of the FBC is to generate additional intermediate voltage steps to double the number of DFCM converter's voltage levels for enhancing power quality significantly. The proposed hybrid DFCM converter is simulated to inject/absorb active/reactive-power provided and harvested from renewable energy resources into/from electric power grid. Furthermore, experimental measurements of the proposed hybrid power converter are also presented to validate its viability, merits, effectiveness and the proposed modulation and control strategy.

Inspec keywords: renewable energy sources; switching convertors; power supply quality; voltage control; power grids

Other keywords: power quality; FC voltages; electric power grid; power converter; medium-voltage high-power renewable energy resources; DFCM converter voltage levels; grid-tied renewable energy resources; full-bridge converter; FBC; modulation pattern; hybrid double flying capacitor multicell converter; floating-capacitor voltage balancing; hybrid topology; redundant charging-discharging states; inject-absorb active-reactive-power

Subjects: Control of electric power systems; Power supply quality and harmonics; Power convertors and power supplies to apparatus; Voltage control

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