A High Current, High Frequency Modular Multiphase Multilevel Converter for Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Emulation
Konferenz: PCIM Europe 2014 - International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management
20.05.2014 - 22.05.2014 in Nürnberg, Deutschland
Tagungsband: PCIM Europe 2014
Seiten: 8Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF
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Autoren:
Schmitt, Alexander; Gommeringer, Mario; Braun, Michael (ETI, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany)
Kolb, Johannes (Schaeffler Technologies, Germany)
Inhalt:
This paper presents a simple Modular Multiphase Multilevel Converter (MMPMC) especially for the usage in Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Emulation systems. Standard half-bridges connected to flux compensated chokes are used to build up an inductive voltage divider to form the multilevel voltage waveform. A modulator with a sorting algorithm is employed to calculate the switching signals of the particular branches. The selection of the switching states is depending on the instantaneous branch currents to ensure a symmetrical distribution of the load current to the branches. A modular and scalable converter system has been engineered, which allows the generation of a six level voltage waveform with a PWM-frequency up to 100 kHz. The prototype is controlled by a specifically designed high-performance signal processing system and offers an output current of more than 100 A. Measurements were performed to evaluate the proper functionality of the converter.