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A Coordinated Strategy of Low-Speed and Start-Up Operation for Medium-Voltage Variable-Speed Drives With a Modular Multilevel Converter.
- Source :
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics; Jan2020, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p709-724, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The low-frequency fluctuation over the capacitor voltages seriously limits the development of medium-voltage variable-speed drives with a modular multilevel converter (MMC). Therefore, this paper presents an effective strategy of the low-speed and start-up operation for an MMC-based motor drive. The proposed strategy properly coordinates the improved injection and the reduced average capacitor voltage with high applicability. The specific interactions between the control parameters and the system metrics are analyzed to give the detailed steps of the parameters designing. Hence, based on the derivations, the proposed method enables the low-frequency operation under the nominal load torque with decreased injected components and reduced peak capacitor voltages. What is more, two start-up strategies that, respectively, aim at different objectives for the coordinated strategy are proposed, indicating satisfying control performances for the practical applications. The injected common-mode voltage and circulating current in the proposed method are designed to have a great reduction. Thus, the unfavorable risks for the motor are evidently decreased for better stability. The reduced peak current also lessens the high stress on switching devices with desirable reliability. The simulation and experiment results of an MMC-based motor drive prototype prove the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MOTOR drives (Electric motors)
HIGH voltages
CAPACITORS
VOLTAGE control
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08858993
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 139293229
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2019.2913696