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Design and control of a modular multilevel DC/DC converter for regenerative applications

Design and control of a modular multilevel DC/DC converter for regenerative applications
Design and control of a modular multilevel DC/DC converter for regenerative applications
This paper compares different cascaded and multilevel topologies to interface supercapacitors to a dc bus in regenerative braking applications. It is shown that the modular multilevel dc/dc converter (MMC) can benefit from both reduced voltage and increased frequency across the inductor to reduce its weight and volume when using phase shifting modulation. The proposed control method is able to balance supercapacitor voltage while providing precise output current control. The converter topology and control method are validated with simulations and experimental results.
Control strategies, modular multilevel converters (MMCs), phase shifting, supercapacitors (SCs)
0885-8993
3970-3979
Montesinos-Miracle, Daniel
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Massot-Campos, Miquel
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Bergas-Jane, Joan
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Galceran-Arellano, Samuel
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Rufer, Alfred
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Montesinos-Miracle, Daniel
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Massot-Campos, Miquel
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Bergas-Jane, Joan
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Galceran-Arellano, Samuel
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Rufer, Alfred
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Montesinos-Miracle, Daniel, Massot-Campos, Miquel, Bergas-Jane, Joan, Galceran-Arellano, Samuel and Rufer, Alfred (2013) Design and control of a modular multilevel DC/DC converter for regenerative applications. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 28 (8), 3970-3979. (doi:10.1109/TPEL.2012.2231702).

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This paper compares different cascaded and multilevel topologies to interface supercapacitors to a dc bus in regenerative braking applications. It is shown that the modular multilevel dc/dc converter (MMC) can benefit from both reduced voltage and increased frequency across the inductor to reduce its weight and volume when using phase shifting modulation. The proposed control method is able to balance supercapacitor voltage while providing precise output current control. The converter topology and control method are validated with simulations and experimental results.

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Published date: 2013
Keywords: Control strategies, modular multilevel converters (MMCs), phase shifting, supercapacitors (SCs)

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Local EPrints ID: 428721
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/428721
ISSN: 0885-8993
PURE UUID: fdcf8fe0-c764-41e7-8816-1061a0fb1dac
ORCID for Miquel Massot-Campos: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1202-0362

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Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:39

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Author: Daniel Montesinos-Miracle
Author: Joan Bergas-Jane
Author: Samuel Galceran-Arellano
Author: Alfred Rufer

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