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Optimal voltage balancing method for reduced switching power losses in stacked multicell converters

Publication Type : Conference Proceedings

Publisher : 2017 International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded Systems

Source : 2017 International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded Systems, ICICES 2017, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (2017)

Url : https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85039911321&doi=10.1109%2fICICES.2017.8070780&partnerID=40&md5=8a0661266c21379b182f0c31f463d32b

ISBN : 9781509061334

Keywords : Capacitor voltage balancing, Data communication systems, DC-AC converter, Electric inverters, Embedded systems, MATLAB, Multilevel converter, Optimal transition, Power converters, Power MOSFET, Pulse width modulation, Reduced switching, Stacked multicell converters, Switching, Switching transitions, Voltage balancing, Voltage control

Campus : Bengaluru

School : School of Engineering

Department : Electrical and Electronics

Year : 2017

Abstract : This paper proposes a voltage balancing method for reduced switching power losses in stacked multicell converters (SMCs) based on optimal switching of power MOSFETs. In order to reduce the switching transitions of the power devices, only optimal transitions between consecutive voltage levels are used in the proposed method. By switching the power devices in the optimal manner most of the switching losses are reduced efficiently so that the overall performance of the proposed multilevel converter has been improved significantly. The proposed system has been simulated in MatLab 2015a and the simulation results show that the proposed system outperforms the system which uses non optimal switching.

Cite this Research Publication : T. Premkoumar, Dr. Rashmi M. R., Suresh, A., and Warrier, D. R., “Optimal voltage balancing method for reduced switching power losses in stacked multicell converters”, 2017 International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded Systems, ICICES 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017.

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