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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
May. 07, 2021
Southeast University, Jiangsu, CN;
SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY, Jiangsu, CN;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to the field of electric power system, and more particularly to a topology of a series-connected MMC with a small number of modules, where the topology is composed of a three-phase bridge circuit, half-bridge valve strings, a three-phase filter inductor, and a three-phase grid frequency transformer. The topology of a series-connected MMC with a small number of modules in the present disclosure needs only two half-bridge valve strings, thus greatly reducing the number of the submodules as compared with the conventional MMC structure. When achieving the same high DC voltage output, the present disclosure can improve the power density of the MMC, realize stable three-phase AC output voltage, and further achieve balance of capacitor voltages in the two half-bridge valve strings. Compared to the conventional MMC topology, the topology in the present disclosure can reduce the number of submodules by nearly ⅔, and has a greater AC-DC voltage transfer ratio, thus reducing the cost of the MMC converter, reducing the device size, and improving the power density.