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Control Strategy Based on Arm-Level Control for Output and Circulating Current of MMC in Stationary Reference Frame

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  • Waqar Uddin

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea)

  • Tiago D. C. Busarello

    (Department of Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Blumenau 89036-256, Brazil)

  • Kamran Zeb

    (School of Electrical & Computer Science (SEECS), National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan)

  • Muhammad Adil Khan

    (Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Air University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan)

  • Anil Kumar Yedluri

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea)

  • Hee-Je Kim

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea)

Abstract

This paper proposed a control method for output and circulating currents of modular multilevel converter (MMC). The output and circulating current are controlled with the help of arm currents, which contain DC, fundamental frequency, and double frequency components. The arm current is transformed into a stationary reference frame (SRF) to isolate the DC and AC components. The AC component is controlled with a conventional proportional resonant (PR) controller, while the DC component is controlled by a proportional controller. The effective control of the upper arm and lower arm ultimately controls the output current so that it delivers the required power to the grid and circulating current in such a way that the second harmonic component is completely vanished leaving behind only the DC component. Comparative results of leg-level control based on PR controller are included in the paper to show the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme. A three-phase, five-level MMC is developed in MATLAB/Simulink to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control method.

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  • Waqar Uddin & Tiago D. C. Busarello & Kamran Zeb & Muhammad Adil Khan & Anil Kumar Yedluri & Hee-Je Kim, 2021. "Control Strategy Based on Arm-Level Control for Output and Circulating Current of MMC in Stationary Reference Frame," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-20, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:14:p:4160-:d:591698
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    1. Fernando Martinez-Rodrigo & Dionisio Ramirez & Alexis B. Rey-Boue & Santiago De Pablo & Luis Carlos Herrero-de Lucas, 2017. "Modular Multilevel Converters: Control and Applications," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-26, October.
    2. Muhammad Ishfaq & Waqar Uddin & Kamran Zeb & Imran Khan & Saif Ul Islam & Muhammad Adil Khan & Hee Je Kim, 2019. "A New Adaptive Approach to Control Circulating and Output Current of Modular Multilevel Converter," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-17, March.
    3. Waqar Uddin & Kamran Zeb & Muhammad Adil Khan & Muhammad Ishfaq & Imran Khan & Saif ul Islam & Hee-Je Kim & Gwan Soo Park & Cheewoo Lee, 2019. "Control of Output and Circulating Current of Modular Multilevel Converter Using a Sliding Mode Approach," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(21), pages 1-22, October.
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