Cascaded- and modular-multilevel converter laboratory test system options : a review

• Main Authors: Heath, Theodor, Barnes, Mike, Judge, Paul D., Chaffey, Geraint, Clemow, Phil, Green, Tim C., Green, Peter R., Wylie, James, Konstantinou, Georgios, Ceballos, Salvador, Pou, Josep, Belhaouane, Mohamed Moez, Zhang, Haibo, Guillaud, Xavier, Andrews, Jack
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering; AC-DC Power Converters; HVDC Transmission
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153535
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The increasing importance of cascaded multilevel converters (CMCs), and the sub-category of modular multilevel converters (MMCs), is illustrated by their wide use in high voltage DC connections and in static compensators. Research is being undertaken into the use of these complex pieces of hardware...