Abstract
This paper presents a new voltage-balancing controller for cascaded multilevel converters, especially for single-phase cascaded multilevel converters. It proposes a control algorithm that devotes itself not only to balancing the floating dc capacitors but also to eliminating the coupling effect between the voltage-balancing controller and the original system controller (controller without additional voltage-balancing controllers). Specifically, the average model in the d-q coordinate frame is derived and the control law is established. Then, the coupling effect between the voltage-balancing controller and the original system controller is identified and a new expression for duty cycle modification is proposed thus to eliminate the effect. Furthermore, this paper gives the design considerations of the pro- posed method, including the derivation of key transfer functions and effective voltage-balancing area, for the completeness of the discussion. Moreover, the reference generation techniques of the voltage-balancing controller are also discussed. This paper investigates the voltage imbalance in the soft-start process caused by an unsuitable reference, and presents a simple modified reference generation solution. Finally, both simulation and experimental results verify the performance of the proposed control system.
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