TY - GEN
T1 - Fault-Tolerant Decoupled Control of a Modular Multilevel Matrix Converter
AU - Rojas, Alexander
AU - Diaz, Matias
AU - Rodriguez, Jose
AU - Wheeler, Patrick W.
AU - Espina, Enrique
AU - Arias-Esquivel, Yeiner
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 IEEE.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The Modular Multilevel Matrix Converter (M3C) is an attractive option for high-power applications due to its significant advantages in power quality, efficiency, controllability, and fault tolerance. It is especially well-suited for direct Alternating Current (AC) applications such as motor drives, wind power, and low-frequency AC transmission. Despite being described as a fault-tolerant converter, there is limited literature available on this topic. Therefore, this paper introduces a basic control system for the M3C to ensure fault tolerance in the event of power-cell failures. The proposed control system is based on reordering the balancing control of a cluster in the event of power cell faults, with the aim of maintaining proper operation and preserving power transfer capability. The paper includes simulation results obtained using PLECS software.
AB - The Modular Multilevel Matrix Converter (M3C) is an attractive option for high-power applications due to its significant advantages in power quality, efficiency, controllability, and fault tolerance. It is especially well-suited for direct Alternating Current (AC) applications such as motor drives, wind power, and low-frequency AC transmission. Despite being described as a fault-tolerant converter, there is limited literature available on this topic. Therefore, this paper introduces a basic control system for the M3C to ensure fault tolerance in the event of power-cell failures. The proposed control system is based on reordering the balancing control of a cluster in the event of power cell faults, with the aim of maintaining proper operation and preserving power transfer capability. The paper includes simulation results obtained using PLECS software.
KW - cells
KW - fault-tolerant
KW - modular multilevel converter cascade
KW - modular multilevel matrix converter
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85213308633&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICA-ACCA62622.2024.10766842
DO - 10.1109/ICA-ACCA62622.2024.10766842
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:85213308633
T3 - 2024 IEEE International Conference on Automation/26th Congress of the Chilean Association of Automatic Control, ICA-ACCA 2024
BT - 2024 IEEE International Conference on Automation/26th Congress of the Chilean Association of Automatic Control, ICA-ACCA 2024
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2024 IEEE International Conference on Automation/26th Congress of the Chilean Association of Automatic Control, ICA-ACCA 2024
Y2 - 20 October 2024 through 23 October 2024
ER -