Voltage balancing method using phase-shifted PWM for stacked multicell converters

Amer M. Y. M. Ghias; Josep Pou; Vassilios G. Agelidis; Mihai Ciobotaru

doi:10.1109/IECON.2013.6700177

Voltage balancing method using phase-shifted PWM for stacked multicell converters

Amer M. Y. M. Ghias, Josep Pou, Vassilios G. Agelidis, Mihai Ciobotaru

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Abstract

This paper proposes an active voltage balancing method for stacked multicell converters (SMC) using phase-shifted pulse-width modulation, which is easy to implement and extend to high number of levels. The proposed method balances the voltages of the capacitors by modifying the duty cycle of each switch of the SMC using a proportional controller. The crossed effect between capacitor currents and duty cycles is considered and is used for optimal capacitor voltage balance. The performance of the proposed voltage balancing method is verified by simulation for different operating conditions, such as unbalanced linear loads, non-linear loads and load transients.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	6334-6339
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479902248
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2013.6700177
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - Vienna, Austria Duration: 10 Nov 2013 → 14 Nov 2013

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Conference	39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	10/11/13 → 14/11/13

Keywords

Capacitor voltage balancing
Multilevel converter
Pulse-width modulation
Stacked multicell converter

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Ghias, AMYM, Pou, J, Agelidis, VG & Ciobotaru, M 2013, Voltage balancing method using phase-shifted PWM for stacked multicell converters. in Proceedings IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 6334-6339, 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013, Vienna, Austria, 10/11/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2013.6700177

Voltage balancing method using phase-shifted PWM for stacked multicell converters. / Ghias, Amer M. Y. M.; Pou, Josep; Agelidis, Vassilios G. et al.
Proceedings IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013. p. 6334-6339.

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Voltage balancing method using phase-shifted PWM for stacked multicell converters

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