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Item A carrier-based PWM strategy with zero-sequence voltage injection for a three-level neutral-point-clamped converter(2012) Pou, Josep; Zaragoza, Jordi; Ceballos, Salvador; Saeedifard, Maryam; Boroyevich, Dushan; POWER ELECTRONICS AND SYSTEM EQUIPMENTPerformance of a carrier-based pulsewidth modulation (CB-PWM) strategy can be improved by the inclusion of a zero-sequence voltage in the modulation-reference signal. This paper proposes a new CB-PWM strategy for a three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) converter, which is based on a zero-sequence voltage injection. By inclusion of the zero-sequence voltage, the sinusoidal-modulation reference is modified to 1) carry out the voltage-balancing task of the dc-link capacitors, with no additional control effort, 2) reduce the switching losses, and 3) reduce the low-frequency voltage oscillations of the neutral point. The proposed strategy is an alternative approach to the nearest three-vector (NTV) space-vector modulation (SVM) strategy and is obtained by the analysis of the NTV-SVM strategy and establishing a correlation between the NTV-SVM and the CB-PWM strategies. The salient features of the proposed scheme, as compared with the NTV-SVM strategy, are: 1) its reduced computational processing time which is attractive for digital implementation and 2) its reduced switching losses. Compared with the existing CB-PWM strategies, the proposed strategy offers 1) capability to balance the capacitor voltages and reduce the NP voltage oscillations and 2) reduced switching losses. Performance of the proposed CB-PWM strategy for a three-level NPC converter based on time-domain simulation studies in the MATLAB/SIMULINK environment is evaluated and also experimentally verified.Item Fast-processing modulation strategy for the neutral-point-champed converter with total elimination of low-frequency voltage oscillations in the neutral point(2007-08) Pou, Josep; Zaragoza, Jordi; Rodríguez, Pedro; Ceballos, Salvador; Sala, Vicenç M.; Burgos, Rolando P.; Boroyevich, Dushan; POWER ELECTRONICS AND SYSTEM EQUIPMENTThis paper presents a novel modulation strategy for a neutral-point-clamped converter. This strategy overcomes one of the main problems of this converter, which is the low-frequency voltage oscillation that appears in the neutral point under some operating conditions. The proposed modulation strategy can completely remove this oscillation for all the operating points and for any kind of loads, even unbalanced and nonlinear loads. The algorithm is based on a carrier-based pulsewidth modulation. Nevertheless, it can generate the maximum output-voltage amplitudes that are attainable under linear modulation, such as space-vector modulation. Furthermore, this technique can be implemented with a very simple algorithm and, hence, can be processed very quickly. The only drawback of this strategy is that the switching frequencies of the devices are one third higher than those of standard sinusoidal pulsewidth modulation. A control loop for balancing the voltages on the dc-link capacitors is also proposed. This balancing strategy is designed, so that it does not further increase the switching frequencies of the devices when it is applied to the converter. The proposed modulation technique is verified by simulation and experiment.Item Fault-tolerant multilevel converter topology(2006) Ceballos, Salvador; Pou, Josep; Gabiola, Igor; Villate, José Luis; Zaragoza, Jordi; Boroyevich, Dushan; POWER ELECTRONICS AND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT; GENERALThis paper presents a modified topology of the neutral-point-clamped converter. The main change consists on adding a fourth leg, which is based on the flying-capacitor converter structure. The aim of this additional leg is to provide fault tolerance to the converter. Furthermore, during normal operation mode, this leg is able to provide a stiff neutral voltage. Consequently, the low-frequency voltage oscillations that appear in the neutral point of the standard three-level topology for some operation conditions no longer exist. As a result, the modulation strategy of the three main legs of the converter does not have to take care of voltage balance, and it can be design to achieve optimal output voltage waveforms, as well as to improve efficiency of the converter. Some simulation results are presented to show viability of this approach under both, normal operation mode and fault event. Experimental results are expected to include in the final paper.Item Three-level converter topologies with switch breakdown fault-tolerance capability(2008-03) Ceballos, Salvador; Pou, Joseph; Robles, Eider; Gabiola, Igor; Zaragoza, Jordi; Villate, José L.; Boroyevich, Dushan; POWER ELECTRONICS AND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT; RENOVABLES OFFSHORE; GENERALThis paper presents some modified topologies of the neutral-point-clamped converter. In all of them, the main change consists of adding a fourth leg, which is based on the flying-capacitor converter structure. The aim of this additional leg is to provide the converter with fault tolerance. Furthermore, during normal operation mode, this leg is able to provide a stiff neutral voltage. Consequently, the low-frequency voltage oscillations that appear at the neutral point of the standard three-level topology in some operating conditions no longer exist. As a result, the modulation strategy of the three main legs of the converter does not have to take care of voltage balance, and it can be designed to either achieve optimal output voltage spectra or improve the efficiency of the converter. Simulation and experimental results are presented to show the viability of this approach both under normal operation mode and in the event of faults.