Impact of Unbalanced Grid Voltages on Capacitor Voltage Ripple and Capacitance Selection in AC/AC MMCs

This paper evaluates the submodule capacitor current and voltage ripple of a direct three-phase to single-phase ac/ac MMC under unbalanced grid conditions. The submodule capacitor RMS current and the necessary capacitance to maintain a desired voltage ripple are determined, which can be used to dime...

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Main Authors: Ygor Pereira Marca, Maurice G. L. Roes, Cornelis G. E. Wijnands, Henk Huisman
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
Series:IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10763433/
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author Ygor Pereira Marca
Maurice G. L. Roes
Cornelis G. E. Wijnands
Henk Huisman
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description This paper evaluates the submodule capacitor current and voltage ripple of a direct three-phase to single-phase ac/ac MMC under unbalanced grid conditions. The submodule capacitor RMS current and the necessary capacitance to maintain a desired voltage ripple are determined, which can be used to dimension the ac/ac MMC's submodule capacitors. The derived analytical expressions are evaluated under unbalanced grid conditions using three well-established current control techniques. The analysis is validated through simulations and measurements for a phase-to-ground fault.
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spelling doaj-art-9b31445b16294c36b46e02f60d1ced7e2025-08-20T01:54:38ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics2644-13142024-01-0151819182910.1109/OJPEL.2024.350433710763433Impact of Unbalanced Grid Voltages on Capacitor Voltage Ripple and Capacitance Selection in AC/AC MMCsYgor Pereira Marca0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2461-0922Maurice G. L. Roes1https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4832-4801Cornelis G. E. Wijnands2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3302-1599Henk Huisman3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0671-2506Department of Electrical Engineering, the Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The NetherlandsDepartment of Electrical Engineering, the Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The NetherlandsDepartment of Electrical Engineering, the Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The NetherlandsDepartment of Electrical Engineering, the Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The NetherlandsThis paper evaluates the submodule capacitor current and voltage ripple of a direct three-phase to single-phase ac/ac MMC under unbalanced grid conditions. The submodule capacitor RMS current and the necessary capacitance to maintain a desired voltage ripple are determined, which can be used to dimension the ac/ac MMC's submodule capacitors. The derived analytical expressions are evaluated under unbalanced grid conditions using three well-established current control techniques. The analysis is validated through simulations and measurements for a phase-to-ground fault.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10763433/Batterycapacitance selectionRMS currentvoltage ripplemedium-frequencyMMC
spellingShingle Ygor Pereira Marca
Maurice G. L. Roes
Cornelis G. E. Wijnands
Henk Huisman
Impact of Unbalanced Grid Voltages on Capacitor Voltage Ripple and Capacitance Selection in AC/AC MMCs
IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics
Battery
capacitance selection
RMS current
voltage ripple
medium-frequency
MMC
title Impact of Unbalanced Grid Voltages on Capacitor Voltage Ripple and Capacitance Selection in AC/AC MMCs
title_full Impact of Unbalanced Grid Voltages on Capacitor Voltage Ripple and Capacitance Selection in AC/AC MMCs
title_fullStr Impact of Unbalanced Grid Voltages on Capacitor Voltage Ripple and Capacitance Selection in AC/AC MMCs
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Unbalanced Grid Voltages on Capacitor Voltage Ripple and Capacitance Selection in AC/AC MMCs
title_short Impact of Unbalanced Grid Voltages on Capacitor Voltage Ripple and Capacitance Selection in AC/AC MMCs
title_sort impact of unbalanced grid voltages on capacitor voltage ripple and capacitance selection in ac ac mmcs
topic Battery
capacitance selection
RMS current
voltage ripple
medium-frequency
MMC
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10763433/
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