AbstractsComputer Science
A non-conventional multilevel flying-capacitor converter topology
| Institution: | IUPUI |
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| Year: | 2014 |
| Keywords: | Flying-Capacitor Converter Topology; Capacitor-Clamped Converter Topology; Multilevel Converter Topologies; Non-Conventional Converter Topology; Electric current converters – Design and construction – Research; Electric inverters – Design and construction; Power electronics – Research; Switching circuits; Redundancy (Engineering); Capacitors – Research; Switched capacitor circuits; Electrolytic capacitors – Design and construction; DC-to-DC converters – Research – Design – Methodology; Passive components; PWM power converters; Electric motors – Electronic control; Switching theory; Electrical engineering – Materials – Testing; Engineering systems – Computer simulation; Electric circuits – Alternating current; Electric driving – Research; Electric motors, Alternating current – Windings; Electric motors, Alternating current – Dynamics |
| Record ID: | 2025780 |
| Full text PDF: | http://hdl.handle.net/1805/6299 |
Abstract
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) This research proposes state-of-the-art multilevel converter topologies and their modulation strategies, the implementation of a conventional flying-capacitor converter topology up to four-level, and a new four-level flying-capacitor H-Bridge converter confi guration. The three phase version of this proposed four-level flying-capacitor H-Bridge converter is given as well in this study. The highlighted advantages of the proposed converter are as following: (1) the same blocking voltage for all switches employed in the con figuration, (2) no capacitor midpoint connection is needed, (3) reduced number of passive elements as compared to the conventional solution, (4) reduced total dc source value by comparison with the conventional topology. The proposed four-level capacitor-clamped H-Bridge converter can be utilized as a multilevel inverter application in an electri fied railway system, or in hybrid electric vehicles. In addition to the implementation of the proposed topology in this research, its experimental setup has been designed to validate the simulation results of the given converter topologies.
