A Resilient Framework for Fault-Tolerant Operation of Modular Multilevel Converters

• Published in: IEEE transactions on industrial electronics (1982) Vol. 63; no. 5; pp. 2669 - 2678
• Main Authors: Ghazanfari, Amin, Mohamed, Yasser Abdel-Rady I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.05.2016; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Capacitors; Circuit faults; Converters; Fault diagnosis; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Faults; Metal matrix composites; Modular; Modular multilevel converters; Multilevel; multilevel modular capacitor-clamped dc/dc converter; Restoration; Switches; Topology; Fault tolerance; modular multilevel converters (MMCs); multilevel modular capacitor-clamped dc/dc converter (MMCCC)

This paper presents a resilient framework for fault-tolerant operation in modular multilevel converters (MMCs) to facilitate normal operation under internal and external fault conditions. This framework is realized by designing and implementing a supervisory algorithm and a postfault restoration sch...