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Mitigating the effect of series capacitance unbalance on the voltage reduction capability of an auxiliary CSI used as switching ripple active filter

Papadopoulos, Savvas; Klumpner, Christian; Rashed, Mohamed; Wheeler, Pat

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Savvas Papadopoulos

Mohamed Rashed

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PATRICK WHEELER pat.wheeler@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Power Electronic Systems



Abstract

The use of series connected capacitors for high voltage applications has been proven to be beneficial for voltage stress reduction across power semiconductors. In a 3-phase grid any asymmetry in the value of the series capacitance may lead to significant variations in the voltage seen across the low voltage converter. This paper investigates the effects of an unbalanced set of series connected capacitors used to reduce the voltage stress across a three phase current source inverter (CSI) used as an active power filter and proposes a method to minimize the impact of unbalance on CSI voltage ratings. It is shown that through a proposed solution which adjusts the level of inverse sequence current component in the series capacitors, the reduced CSI voltage stress can be maintained for large capacitor unbalance and validated by simulation and experimental results.

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Papadopoulos, S., Klumpner, C., Rashed, M., & Wheeler, P. (2017). Mitigating the effect of series capacitance unbalance on the voltage reduction capability of an auxiliary CSI used as switching ripple active filter. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2016.7855244

Conference Name 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
Conference Location Milwaukee, WI, USA
Start Date Sep 18, 2016
End Date Sep 22, 2016
Acceptance Date May 1, 2016
Online Publication Date Feb 16, 2017
Publication Date Feb 16, 2017
Deposit Date Jul 12, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
ISBN 9781509007370
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2016.7855244
Keywords Active power filter; Series Capacitor; Unbalance; Current Source Inverter
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/782669
Related Public URLs http://www.ieee-ecce.org/
Additional Information paper #1545

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