• DocumentCode
    2341186
  • Title

    Natural balancing of the two-cell back-to-back multilevel converter with specific application to the solid-state transformer concept

  • Author

    Van der Merwe, Wim ; Mouton, Toit

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    25-27 May 2009
  • Firstpage
    2955
  • Lastpage
    2960
  • Abstract
    This paper considers the voltage balancing of the two-level series stacked back-to-back converter topology. Firstly it is proven that the cell voltages will be balanced in steady state. Further insight into the balancing process is found through analysis of the rebalancing process following an external perturbation.
  • Keywords
    power convertors; power transformers; external perturbation; rebalancing process; solid-state transformer concept; two-cell back-to-back multilevel converter; voltage balancing; Africa; Circuit topology; Costs; Diodes; Frequency conversion; Oil insulation; Solid state circuits; Steady-state; Switches; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industrial Electronics and Applications, 2009. ICIEA 2009. 4th IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Xi´an
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2799-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2800-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIEA.2009.5138750
  • Filename
    5138750