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%A Konstantinou, Georgios
%A Ceballos, Salvador
%A Gabiola, Igor
%A Pou, Josep
%A Karanayil, Baburaj
%A Agelidis, Vassilios G.
%T Flexible prototype of modular multilevel converters for experimental verification of DC transmission and multiterminal systems
%J 2017 Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification, ACEPT 2017
%D 2017
%U https://hdl.handle.net/11556/1925
%X Testing and verification of high-level and low-level control, modulation, fault handling and converter co-ordination for modular multilevel converters (MMCs) requires development of experimental prototype converters. In this paper, we provide a a complete overview of the MMC-based experimental prototype at UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales) including the structure of the sub-modules, communication, control and protection functions as well as the possible configurations of the system. The prototype, rated at a dc voltage of up to 800 V and power of 20 kVA and can be used to study the operation of a single converter, back-to-back and point-to-point connections as well as multi-terminal systems.
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