Energy-balancing Control Strategy for Modular Multilevel Converters Under Submodule Fault Conditions - Hu, Pengfei; Jiang, Daozhuo; Zhou, Yuebin; Liang, Yiqiao; Guo, Jie; Lin, Zhiyong (IEEE transactions on power electronics, 2014)
Keywords: Applied sciences; Capacitors; Circuit properties; Control systems; Converters; Convertors; Design engineering; Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits; Electrical engineering. Electrical power engineering; Electrical equipment; Electrical machines; Electronic circuits; Electronics; Energy-balancing control strategy; Equations; Exact sciences and technology; Fault diagnosis; Faults; Inductance; Mathematical model; Mathematical models; Metal matrix composites; Modular; modular multilevel converters (MMCs); Multilevel; Power electronics, power supplies; prototype; Prototypes; redundant submodules (SMs); Regulation and control; Signal convertors; Strategy; submodule (SM) fault; Switches; Topology; Voltage control; Power converter; Balancing; Prototype; Control system; redundant submodules (SMs); Power electronics; Switching convertors; Topology; Experimental study; submodule (SM) fault; Fault tolerance; High power; Time domain method; High voltage; Energy-balancing control strategy; System simulation; modular multilevel converters (MMCs); Software; Control method; Mathematical model; Multilevel system; Fault tolerant system; Message transmission