Design, Assembly and Testing of Modular Multilevel Converter with Multicarrier PWM Method

Author

Balzani, Marianna ; Reatti, Alberto ; Salvadori, Giulio

Author_Institution

Dept. of Energetics, Florence Univ.

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0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

60

Abstract

Reliable electrical power is a milestone for modern society and economy. Multilevel power converters represent a potential breakthrough in employing switching converters for flexible ac transmission system and custom power application. This paper presents the design and realization of the prototype of a 1.5 kW mono phase 5-level cascaded inverter with PWM modulation. The prototype has been tested and the output waveforms have been investigated. The results confirm the goodness of these devices in synthesizing a desired ac voltage from several level of dc voltage with a good control of the frequency, the voltage output (including phase angle) and the active reactive power flow

Keywords

PWM invertors; PWM power convertors; reactive power; 1.5 kW; PWM modulation; ac voltage; active reactive power flow; cascaded inverter; dc voltage; modular multilevel converter; multicarrier PWM method; output waveforms; Assembly; Flexible AC transmission systems; MONOS devices; Power system reliability; Prototypes; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation converters; Pulse width modulation inverters; Switching converters; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Research in Microelectronics and Electronics 2006, Ph. D.

Conference_Location

Otranto

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0157-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RME.2006.1689895

Filename

1689895