Loss Balancing in Three-level Active-neutral-point-clamped Converter
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چکیده
The 3L-NPC (Neutral-Point-Clamped) is the most popular multilevel converter used in high-power medium-voltage applications. An important disadvantage of this structure is the unequal distribution of losses among the switches. The performances of 3L-NPC structure were improved by developing the 3L-ANPC (Active-NPC) converter which has more degrees of freedom. In this paper the switching states and the loss distribution problem are studied for two PWM strategies in a STATCOM application. The PSIM simulation results are shown in order to validate the studied PWM strategies.
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