• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.385-393
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• 2020

This study introduces an analysis and control method for the variation of neutral point current in a grid-tied three-level neutral point clamped (NPC) converter under various grid imbalance operating conditions. Various fault cases with unbalanced amplitude and phase are systematically categorized and described using a unified metric called the imbalance factor. The fundamental component of neutral point current is generated under grid imbalance cases. The pattern and behavior of this fundamental component of neutral point current highly depend on the imbalance factor regardless of the particular type of grid fault cases. The control scheme for regulating the negative sequential component of AC input current effectively reduces the size of the fundamental component of neutral point current under a wide range of grid imbalance cases. The control scheme will enable a grid-tied three-level NPC converter to operate reliably and stably under various types of grid faults.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.519-530
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• 2014

A novel simplified pulse width modulation(PWM) strategy for neutral point clamped (NPC) three-level converter is proposed in this paper.The direct output voltage modulation is applied to reduce the calculation time. Based on this strategy, several optimized control methods are proposed. The neutral point potential balancing algorithm is discussed and a fine neutral point potential balancing scheme is introduced. Moreover, the minimum pulse width compensation and switching losses reduction can be easily achieved using this modulation strategy. This strategy also gains good results even with the unequal DC link capacitor. The modulation principle is studied in detail and the validity of this simplified PWM strategy is experimentally verified in this paper. The experiment results indicated that the proposed PWM strategy has excellent performance, and the neutral point potential can be balanced well with unequal DC link captaincies.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2010년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.434-435
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 배전급 고전압(1kV~7.2kV) 계통 연계가 가능한 새로운 3 병렬 3 레벨 NPC(Neutral-Point-Clamped) 컨버터/인버터 회로방식을 제안한다. 이 회로방식은 정격 용량의 1/3 크기를 가지는 NPC 컨버터/인버터 모듈을 3 병렬로 구성하면서 직류단 캐패시터를 병렬 연결하여 중성점 전위 변동을 저감할 수 있는 특징을 가진다. 제안된 3 병렬 3 레벨 NPC 컨버터/인버터는 기존의 NPC 컨버터의 장점을 가지면서 동시에 용량 확장이 가능하고, 하나의 모듈이 고장 상태가 되더라도 부분 운전이 가능하여 시스템의 신뢰성을 증대시킬 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 제안된 중성점 전압 제어 전략을 실험을 통하여 검증한다. 정밀한 중성점 전압 제어를 위한 중성점 전류 제어 방법이 3병렬 구조에서 안정적으로 동작함을 컴퓨터 모의 실험을 통해 검증한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.108-118
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• 2019

This paper proposes a DC-link voltage balance controller using the fourth-phase of a three-level neutral-point clamped (NPC) PWM converter with medium vector selection (MVS) PWM for common-mode voltage reduction. MVS PWM makes the voltage reference by synthesizing the voltage vectors that cannot generate common-mode voltage. This PWM method is effective for reducing the EMI noise emitted from converter systems. However, the DC-link voltage imbalance problem is caused by the use of limited voltage vectors. Therefore, in this paper, the effect of MVS PWM on the DC-link voltage of a three-level NPC converter is analyzed. Then a proportional-derivative (PD) controller for the DC-link voltage balance is designed from the DC-link modeling. In addition, feedforward compensation of the neutral point current is included in the proposed PD controller. The effectiveness of the proposed controller is verified by experimental results.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2018년도 전력전자학술대회
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• pp.316-317
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• 2018

This paper propse the DC link capacitor voltage balancing control for three level neutral point clamped converter with harmonic component injection method. The injcetion voltage consists of harmonic component and DC link capacitor voltage difference. Theoretical analysis is provided to balance the DC link voltage, and it shows that harmonic component compensates the unbalanced condition between the capacitors. Both simulations and experiments are carried out to show that the voltage unbalance have been decreased by the proposed method.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2012년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.249-250
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• 2012

해상 풍력 발전은 가장 유망한 재생 에너지원의 하나이며, 육상 풍력 발전보다 풍력이 강력하고 일정하여 장시간 고출력 발생이 가능하다. 또한 소음, 공간적 한계, 경관훼손 등 기존 육상 풍력 발전의 단점을 보완하고 초대형 단지조성이 가능한 장점이 있다. 초대형 해상풍력단지에는 일반적으로 MW급의 해상풍력발전기가 사용된다. 본 논문에서는 MW급의 해상 풍력발전기에 ANPC(Active Neutral-Point-Clamped) Multi-Level VSC(Voltage Source Converter)를 적용하여 Back-to-Back으로 구성한 시스템을 제안하고 계통연계형 풍력 발전 시스템을 모의한 시뮬레이션을 통하여 제안된 시스템의 성능을 검증한다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2017년도 전력전자학술대회
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• pp.212-213
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• 2017

In this paper is presented a pre-charging sequence for single-phase cascaded neutal-point-clamped(NPC) converters for capacitors voltage balancing. capacitor imbalance problem in pre-charge sequence is caused in cascaded NPC converter by its topology. the DC link voltage at each NPC converter module can be balanced by the proposed switching method. the design and performance of the proposed sequence are verified by simulation and experimental results using prototype.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2003년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.11-16
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• 2003

The 3-level converter/inverter system is very efficient in the ac motor drives of high voltage and high power application. This paper proposed a simple method to diagnose faults using change of current vector pattern in space vector diagram when the faults occurrence in the 3-level inverter and a control method that can protect system from unbalance of the neutral point voltage according to faults. The validity of the proposed method is demonstrated by the simulation results.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2016년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.131-132
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• 2016

3-레벨 중성점 다이오드 클램프(NPC) 컨버터는 high-power medium voltage(MV)에서 많이 응용된다. 하지만 3-레벨 중성점 다이오드 클램프(NPC) 컨버터는 각 스위치 소자에서 손실이 불균형하게 발생하게 되어 스위치 소자 간 성능이 불균형하게 된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 단상 3-레벨 중성점 다이오드 클램프(NPC) 컨버터의 기존 모델 예측 제어의 스위칭 패턴을 분석 및 스위칭 순환방식을 이용한 효율적인 스위칭 상태를 갖는 모델 예측 제어를 제안한다. 이를 통해 PI 제어기 기반의 펄스 폭 변조 방법과 기존 모델 예측 제어 방법의 손실 비교를 통하여 제안하는 모델 예측 제어 성능을 검증한다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2018년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.86-88
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• 2018

The three level(3L) neutral point clamped (NPC) voltage source converter (VSC) topology is widely used for grid interface in high power wind energy due to its superior performance as compared to the two level(2L) VS. However, one of the major drawbacks of this topology is the unequal dispersion of loss and therefore the junction temperature among the power devices. The 3L ANPC topology derived from the NPC topology was proposed to resolve this drawback of unequal loss profile of 3L NPC. The 3L ANPC can work under various switching strategies. In this paper a comparative study of the various switching strategies of 3L ANPC using the recently developed 10kV IGCTs which has the capability to raise the current and voltage rating of the wind turbines is carried out. The comparison is performed using ABB make 10kV IGCT 5SHY17L9000 and PLECs simulations.