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High performance multilevel converter topology for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids

Rashed, Mohamed; Klumpner, Christian; Asher, Greg

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Mohamed Rashed

Greg Asher



Abstract

This paper proposes a high performance hybrid cascaded H-Bridge (HB) Multilevel Converter (MLC) with integrated Series Active Power Filter SAPF for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids. Isolated DC sources comprised of modular dual DC/DC converters and Medium Frequency Transformers MFT are used to energise the MLC HBs. The primary sides of the DC/DC converters are connected to a common low voltage DC bus, which is supplied by supercapacitors energy stacks. Simple hybrid stair-case/SVM modulation strategy is used to synthesise the converter output voltage waveforms and to guarantee even sharing of power between the converter’s HBs. The converter power losses and efficiency are evaluated and compared for two design cases of using small or large DC link capacitor banks. The converter is investigated under various operating conditions and the results show excellent dynamic and steady state performance.

Citation

Rashed, M., Klumpner, C., & Asher, G. (2010). High performance multilevel converter topology for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids. In IECON 2010 - 36th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2010.5675400

Conference Name 36th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON)
End Date Nov 10, 2010
Acceptance Date Jun 30, 2010
Publication Date Nov 10, 2010
Deposit Date Jul 12, 2016
Publicly Available Date Jul 12, 2016
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Book Title IECON 2010 - 36th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2010.5675400
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/706952
Publisher URL http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5675400
Additional Information Published in: 36th Annual conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 7 - 10 November 2010, Renaissance Glendale Hotel & Spa, Glendale, AZ, USA : proceedings. Piscataway, N.J. : IEEE, 2010, p. 1825-1831. ISBN 9781424452255. doi:10.1109/IECON.2010.5675400

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