TY - JOUR
T1 - Study and comparison of discontinuous modulation for modular multilevel converters in motor drive applications
AU - Picas, Ricard
AU - Zaragoza, Jordi
AU - Pou, Josep
AU - Ceballos, Salvador
AU - Konstantinou, Georgios
AU - Capella, Gabriel J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - Discontinuous modulation applied to modular multilevel converters is an effective method for reducing the capacitor voltage ripples. In this paper, the discontinuous modulation is adapted and used in a motor drive application. For proper operation of the converter, a new energy controller is presented, which is suitable for operation with nonsinusoidal reference signals. Experimental results comparing the discontinuous modulation with other techniques operating at low motor speeds are shown. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the discontinuous modulation on reducing capacitor voltage ripples and power losses.
AB - Discontinuous modulation applied to modular multilevel converters is an effective method for reducing the capacitor voltage ripples. In this paper, the discontinuous modulation is adapted and used in a motor drive application. For proper operation of the converter, a new energy controller is presented, which is suitable for operation with nonsinusoidal reference signals. Experimental results comparing the discontinuous modulation with other techniques operating at low motor speeds are shown. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the discontinuous modulation on reducing capacitor voltage ripples and power losses.
KW - Discontinuous modulation
KW - low-frequency operation
KW - modular multilevel converter (MMC)
KW - motor drive
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U2 - 10.1109/TIE.2018.2847621
DO - 10.1109/TIE.2018.2847621
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049131628
SN - 0278-0046
VL - 66
SP - 2376
EP - 2386
JO - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
JF - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
IS - 3
M1 - 8396868
ER -
