• DocumentCode
    1594227
  • Title

    Balancing theory of series-stacked power quality conditioners

  • Author

    du T Mouton, H. ; Enslin, J.H.R. ; Akagi, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., South Africa
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1577
  • Abstract
    This paper develops a systematic and mathematically formal study of the balancing theory of series-stacked multilevel converters. It is shown that the DC bus voltages of these converters balance naturally, provided that the switching frequency is chosen high enough. Two balancing mechanisms, one associated with losses and the other with the load impedance, are identified. A 2 MVA series-sacked power quality device was constructed and the theoretical results were verified experimentally
  • Keywords
    electric impedance; power convertors; power supply quality; switching circuits; 2 MVA; DC bus voltages; balancing mechanisms; balancing theory; load impedance; losses; series-stacked multilevel converters; series-stacked power quality conditioners; switching frequency; Africa; Capacitors; Clamps; Diodes; Equivalent circuits; Inductance; Power engineering and energy; Power quality; Switches; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2001. PESC. 2001 IEEE 32nd Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Vancouver, BC
  • ISSN
    0275-9306
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7067-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PESC.2001.954344
  • Filename
    954344