This study examines the impact of midpoint voltage fluctuations on the performance of multilevel converters and proposes an advanced control strategy to reduce the required DC bus capacitance while maintaining system stability. The research demonstra...
Based on the brushless DC motor system with DC-link small capacitance powered by a single-phase AC power source, a boosting DC-link voltage strategy to reduce the commutation torque ripple of brushless DC motors is proposed in this paper. The control...
This paper proposes an analytical formulation-based minimization of DC link current ripples for interleaved parallel inverter systems. Parallel inverter systems find applications in multiple fields. The interleaved superposition of the DC link curren...
This paper presents a carrier waves phase shifting method to reduce the dc-link capacitor current for a dual three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor drive system. Dc-link capacitors absorb the ripple current generated at the input due to the h...
The LLC converter achieves the highest efficiency in resonant operation. Conventionally, the input DC-link voltage is controlled to operate the LLC converter at resonance for the given operating point. However, the DC-link capacitor voltage shows a l...
Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) converters with n levels are traditionally controlled in such a way that the DC-link capacitors operate at 1/(n − 1) of the total DC-link voltage level. The voltage level across the DC-link capacitors has to be prope...
This paper presents a novel concept of the DC-AC system with the input voltage boost ability, seven-level output voltage modulation, and the input AC current reduction at the double frequency of the output voltage. The system integrates the NPC full-...
This paper proposes a new method to reduce the ripple current of the DC-link capacitor in a two-level voltage source inverter (VSI), with a discontinuous pulse-width modulation (DPWM). In real applications, a capacitor block is very bulky, due to the...
Grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems require a power converter to extract maximum power and deliver high-quality electricity to the grid. Traditional control methods, such as proportional-integral (PI) control for DC-link voltage regulation, ofte...
The DC-Link capacitor plays a crucial role as far as power density and reliability are concerned: it occupies approximately 40% of the inverter, and causes approximately 30% of its failures. Asymmetrical dual three-phase (ADTP) multiphase arrangement...
In this study, a three-phase four-wire distribution static compensator (DSTATCOM) is proposed to improve power quality, including the compensation of the three-phase unbalanced grid currents, the total harmonic distortion (THD) reduction of the grid...
This paper presents a method of compensating the AC pulsation appearing in the DC-link of a four-wire AC/DC converter operating with asymmetric output currents. If such a converter is operating with an electrochemical energy storage system, the AC co...
An improved modulation strategy based on minimum energy storage for DC-link capacitance reduction in a six-switch AC-AC converter is proposed. The proposed modulation strategy enables the energy on the capacitor to accumulate and release twice each i...
In order to reduce the cost of PV facilities, the market requires low cost and highly reliable PV inverters, which must comply with several regulations. Some research has focused on decreasing the distortion of the current injected into the grid, red...
This study compares ripple port, stacked switched capacitor, and capacitive energy storage architectures for active power decoupling, comparing the number of components, performance, energy density, DC-link capacitor reduction, efficiency, and freque...
The doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) is vulnerable to grid faults due to its direct stator connection, causing issues like excess stator current during voltage dips. Consequently, sensitive inverters suffer from increased currents, and the DC-li...
The recently proposed novel unidirectional multilevel rectifier, a three single-phase star-connected multilevel rectifier, has the characteristic of having a large number of DC-side capacitors and a complex capacitor voltage balancing control structu...
This article presents a design method for the active power decoupling (APD) circuit of a PFC converter for high power density on-board chargers (OBCs) utilized in electric vehicles (EVs). The utilization of electrolytic capacitors to mitigate power r...
A matrix converter (MC) converts an AC source voltage into a variable-voltage variable-frequency AC output voltage (direct AC-AC) without an intermediate DC-link capacitance. By eliminating the traditional DC-link capacitor, MCs can achieve higher po...
In recent times, concerns over fossil fuel consumption and severe environmental pollution have grabbed attention in marine vessels. The fast development in solar technology and the significant reduction in cost over the past decade have allowed the i...
Computational analysis using PSpice has become an indispensable tool for evaluating power electronics circuits, as it allows accurate simulation of transient effects, ripple, and component dynamics, enabling reliable assessment of complex topologies...
This paper presents a case study in which the influence of the 6-pulse thyristor-bridge input reactor size on the shunt active power filter (SAPF)’s work performance is investigated. The purpose of using an SAPF in the power system is in most c...
With the rapid development of ecofriendly cars, various inverters are also being developed depending on the performance of motors. The DC-link capacitor is used as an inverter component; however, there are several limitations on its size, such as the...
This study investigates a Cascaded H-Bridge converter with Electric Double-Layer Capacitors as integrated energy storage components. As the DC-link voltages are variable, the modulation index and number of submodules contributing to the active power...
The study sets a baseline for split DC link capacitance values and voltage set points in three-phase three-level AC/DC (or DC/AC) converters operating with unity power factor. In order to equalize the average values of partial DC link voltages, the c...
This paper proposes a unidirectional finite control set-predictive toque control (UFCS-PTC) method for a three-level neutral-point-clamped (3L-NPC) inverter fed interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM). The proposed algorithm can lower the...
In most DC power systems, power electronic devices can introduce ripple content into the DC grid, where large input ripple currents on the DC link can have a negative influence. Under these circumstances, DC side filters play an important role in the...
When connecting a renewable energy source to a medium-voltage grid, it has to fulfil grid codes and be able to work in a medium-voltage range (>10 kV). Multilevel converters (MLCs) are recognized for their low total harmonic distortion (THD) and a...
This paper deals with the design, simulation, and implementation of shunt hybrid compensator to maintain the power quality in three-phase distribution networks feeding different types balanced and unbalanced nonlinear loads. The configuration of the...
AC loads may demand a fixed or variable voltage at their input terminals. When using inverters to power such loads, the response of the inverter must be precisely controlled to suit the demands of the AC loads. Inverters with higher efficiency and se...
The concept of hybrid wind power plants (HWPPs) that consist of wind, solar and batteries has received a lot of attention, since HWPPs provide a number of advantages thanks to the complementary nature of wind and solar energy and the flexibility of b...
Faults in electrical networks are among the key factors and sources of network disturbances. Control and automation strategies are among the key fault clearing techniques responsible for the safe operation of the system. Several researchers have reve...
Large-scale integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) into distribution networks causes topological-operational situations with multidirectional power flows. One of the main components of distribution networks is the power transformer, which...
This paper presents a novel active power filtering (APF) scheme embedded in a centralised frequency control of an offshore wind farm (OWF) connected to a high voltage direct current link through a diode rectifier station. The APF is carried out by a...