Soft-switching topology for a fault-tolerant neutral-point-clamped converter
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2007
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This paper presents a new three-level topology based on the neutral-point-clamped converter. The new topology includes a fourth leg that provides 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 improve the efficiency of the converter. On the other hand, the addition of a fourth leg to the converter produces additional losses. However, in order to eliminate switching losses of this leg, all the power devices commutate under zero-current or zero-voltage transitions. Some simulation results are presented to show viability of this approach under both, normal operation mode and fault event.
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Ceballos , S , Pou , J , Zaragoza , J , Robles , E , Villate , J L & Martín , J L 2007 , Soft-switching topology for a fault-tolerant neutral-point-clamped converter . in 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2007, Proceedings . , 4375125 , IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics , pp. 3186-3191 , 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2007 , Caixanova - Vigo , Spain , 4/06/07 . https://doi.org/10.1109/ISIE.2007.4375125
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