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A Study on Neutral-Point Potential in Three-Level NPC Converters

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  • Maosong Zhang

    (School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
    Collaborative Innovation Center of Industrial Energy-Saving and Power Quality Control, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China)

  • Ying Cui

    (School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
    Collaborative Innovation Center of Industrial Energy-Saving and Power Quality Control, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China)

  • Qunjing Wang

    (School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
    Engineering Research Center of Power Quality, Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China)

  • Jun Tao

    (School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China)

  • Xiuqin Wang

    (School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
    Collaborative Innovation Center of Industrial Energy-Saving and Power Quality Control, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China)

  • Hongsheng Zhao

    (State Grid Hubei Electric Power Company Limited Economic Research Institute, Wuhan 430077, China)

  • Guoli Li

    (School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
    Engineering Research Center of Power Quality, Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China)

Abstract

This paper proposes an accurate mathematical model of three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) converters that can accurately represent the midpoint potential drift of the DC link with parameter perturbation. The mathematical relationships between the fluctuation in neutral-point voltage, the parametric perturbation, and the capacitance error are obtained as mathematical expressions in this model. The expressions can be used to quantitatively analyze the reason for the neutral-point voltage imbalance and balancing effect based on a zero-sequence voltage injection. The injected zero-sequence voltage, which can be used to balance the DC-side voltages with the combined action of active current, can be easily obtained from the proposed model. A balancing control under four-quadrant operation modes is proposed by considering the active current to verify the effectiveness of this model. Both the simulation and experiment results validate the excellent performance of the proposed model compared to the conventional model.

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  • Maosong Zhang & Ying Cui & Qunjing Wang & Jun Tao & Xiuqin Wang & Hongsheng Zhao & Guoli Li, 2019. "A Study on Neutral-Point Potential in Three-Level NPC Converters," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(17), pages 1-22, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:12:y:2019:i:17:p:3367-:d:262957
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