Multilevel Converters: Topologies, Control, Modulation, Operation and Applications

Dear colleagues,

Multilevel converters have become a mature and attractive solution for many applications mainly for medium voltage, high power systems. Nowadays, multilevel converters can be found in the product portfolio of many manufacturers for applications such as motor drives, renewable energy sources, FACTS, and HVDC, among others. The continuous efforts of academia and industry has led to the fast development of different multilevel converter topologies, modulation techniques and control strategies to improve features such as the efficiency, robustness, fault-tolerant capability, economic cost and size, among others. The research on this topic is ongoing, and is nowadays a hot research topic.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• New multilevel converter topologies
• Multilevel converters for adjustable speed drives
• Multilevel converters for grid-connected utilities such as active filter, AC and DC microgrids, STATCOM, FACTS, HVDC, etc.
• Multilevel converters for renewable energy applications
• Multilevel rectifiers and applications in regenerative systems
• Modulation strategies for multilevel converters
• Control methods for multilevel converters
• Fault-tolerant capability of multilevel converters
• High-efficiency multilevel converters

Prof. Sergio Vazquez Perez
Prof. Jose Ignacio Leon Galvan
Prof. Leopoldo García Franquelo
Guest Editors

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