The isolated resonant modular multilevel converters with large step-ratio for MVDC applications

  • Xin Xiang
  • , Xiaotian Zhang
  • , Geraint P. Chaffey
  • , Yunjie Gu
  • , Timothy C. Green

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Abstract

The DC-DC conversion will play an important role in multi-Terminal dc networks and dc grids. This paper presents two isolated resonant modular multilevel converters (IRMMCs) to fulfill the large step-ratio conversion for medium voltage dc (MVDC) networks. The conventional resonant modular multilevel converters (RMMCs) suffer the common problems of non-isolation and high current stress, which are solved in the proposed IRMMCs. They not only inherit the beneficial features of inherent sub-module (SM) voltage-balancing and soft-switching operation from RMMCs, but also develop multi-module configurations to neutralize the current ripples on both sides of the dc-links. The theoretical analysis is verified by a set of full-scaled simulations for different application examples in MVDC collection and distribution. The results demonstrate the proposed IRMMCs and its derived configurations have good potential for operation as large step-ratio MVDC transformers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE 18th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509053261
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Aug 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event18th IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2017 - Stanford, United States
Duration: 9 Jul 201712 Jul 2017

Publication series

Name2017 IEEE 18th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2017

Conference

Conference18th IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityStanford
Period9/07/1712/07/17

Keywords

  • MVDC
  • large-step ratio
  • modular multilevel converter
  • resonant DC-DC conversion

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