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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2013
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Steffen Bernet, Radeberg, DE;
Hans Bärnklau, Dresden, DE;
Albrecht Gensior, Dresden, DE;
Steffen Rohner, Sinsheim, DE;
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, München, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a multi-phase modular power inverter having DC input terminals and AC phase voltage output terminals connected to a load, phase modules connected between the DC input terminals, with each phase module composed of valve arms connected in series at a connection point forming an AC phase voltage output terminal which is connected to a load, each valve arm having a plurality of power inverter cells with turn-off semiconductor switches and a choke connected in series, includes controlling, with a control device, the turn-off semiconductor switches of each power inverter cell as a function of a plurality of setpoint values, wherein the setpoint values are generated such that a time-averaged energy value stored in a capacitor of a corresponding power inverter cells is predetermined by an operating point of the load and-or an operating mode of the modular multi-level power inverter.