Six-level modular multilevel converter prototype with centralized hardware platform controller

This paper presents a 25kW six-level Modular Multilevel Converter prototype. The designed prototype is an industrial power converter that can be used by the industry. The converter is shown together with a high-performance hardware platform control designed for large multilevel converters. The hardw...

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Published inIECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society pp. 003863 - 003868
Main Authors Moranchel, M., Sanchez, F. M., Bueno, E. J., Rodriguez, F. J., Sanz, I.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.11.2015
Subjects
Capacitors
Centralized control
Converters
Current measurement
Hardware
Hardware platform
Insulated gate bipolar transistors
Modular Multilevel Converter
Prototypes
Protytype
System-On-Chip
Voltage measurement
Zynq-7000
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Summary:This paper presents a 25kW six-level Modular Multilevel Converter prototype. The designed prototype is an industrial power converter that can be used by the industry. The converter is shown together with a high-performance hardware platform control designed for large multilevel converters. The hardware platform is a custom platform based on Zynq-7000 System-On-Chip that provides high processing performance together with high-speed communications.
DOI:10.1109/IECON.2015.7392702