Abstract
For the modular multilevel converter (MMC) based photovoltaic system (MMC-PV), when the sub-modules (SMs) of MMC are connected to distributed photovoltaic (PV), power mismatches between legs and arms is the inherent problem. To eliminate the power mismatches, this article proposes a lightweight MMC-based grid-connected energy router (MGER) integrated PV and energy storage (ES). Large-scale PV and centralized ES are connected to horizontal three SMs through four-terminal dual-active-bridges (FDAB). The primary three full-bridges of which adopts synchronous switching to achieve mismatch power elimination between horizontal SMs, so legs power balance can be realized. In addition, the SMs three-phase symmetrical ripple-power can also cancels each other out under synchronous switching of primary FDAB, so as to achieve low capacitance and lightweight of MGER, and the MMC arms 2nd-order circulating current can be also eliminated from root cause. In this article, the power mismatches analysis, MGER configuration, power mismatches elimination, control method, and lightweight implementation are discussed in detail. Finally, the correctness and effectiveness of proposed scheme are verified by simulation and experiment.
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