Flexible prototype of modular multilevel converters for experimental verification of DC transmission and multiterminal systems

Georgios Konstantinou; Salvador Ceballos; Igor Gabiola; Josep Pou; Baburaj Karanayil; Vassilios G. Agelidis

doi:10.1109/ACEPT.2017.8168595

Flexible prototype of modular multilevel converters for experimental verification of DC transmission and multiterminal systems

Georgios Konstantinou, Salvador Ceballos, Igor Gabiola, Josep Pou, Baburaj Karanayil, Vassilios G. Agelidis

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Abstract

Testing and verification of high-level and low-level control, modulation, fault handling and converter co-ordination for modular multilevel converters (MMCs) requires development of experimental prototype converters. In this paper, we provide a a complete overview of the MMC-based experimental prototype at UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales) including the structure of the sub-modules, communication, control and protection functions as well as the possible configurations of the system. The prototype, rated at a dc voltage of up to 800 V and power of 20 kVA and can be used to study the operation of a single converter, back-to-back and point-to-point connections as well as multi-terminal systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification
Number of pages	6
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2017
Pages	1-6
ISBN (Print)	9781538609712
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ACEPT.2017.8168595
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 24 Oct 2017 → 26 Oct 2017

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Conference	2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	24/10/2017 → 26/10/2017

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Prototypes
Voltage measurement
Voltage control
Contactors
Modulation
Topology
Modular multilevel converter
multilevel converters
hardware prototype
laboratory prototype

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Konstantinou, G., Ceballos, S., Gabiola, I., Pou, J., Karanayil, B., & Agelidis, V. G. (2017). Flexible prototype of modular multilevel converters for experimental verification of DC transmission and multiterminal systems. In Proceedings of 2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification (pp. 1-6). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACEPT.2017.8168595

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Flexible prototype of modular multilevel converters for experimental verification of DC transmission and multiterminal systems. / Konstantinou, Georgios; Ceballos, Salvador; Gabiola, Igor et al.
Proceedings of 2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification. IEEE, 2017. p. 1-6.

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