Three-level flying capacitor converter control for DC smart grid connection

Author

Ouerdani, I. ; Bennani-Ben Abdelghani, A. ; Slama-Belkhodja, I. ; Montcsinos-Miracle, D.

Author_Institution

Lab. de Syst. Electr., Univ. de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

fYear

2015

fDate

24-26 March 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents a simple Space Vector Modulation (SVM) strategy for a three level Flying Capacitor (FC) converter. The proposed algorithm ensures a constant switching frequency of the converter and an active balance for the flying capacitors, main issue in this topology. The proposed strategy is tested in a DC smart grid connection. Simulation results of a 14 kW FC converter-based Distributed Generation (DG) system are described and discussed.

Keywords

distributed power generation; power capacitors; power convertors; smart power grids; DC smart grid connection; SVM strategy; constant switching frequency; converter-based distributed generation system; power 14 kW; space vector modulation strategy; three-level flying capacitor converter control; Capacitors; Inverters; Smart grids; Support vector machines; Switches; Switching frequency; Voltage control; DC smart grid; Flying Capacitor (FC) converter; Space Vector Mmodulation (SVM); active balance; switching frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Renewable Energy Congress (IREC), 2015 6th International

Conference_Location

Sousse

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IREC.2015.7110937

Filename

7110937