The transition arm multilevel converter - A concept for medium and high voltage DC-DC transformers

I. A. Gowaid; G. P. Adam; B. W. Williams; A. M. Massoud; Shehab Ahmed

doi:10.1109/ICIT.2015.7125556

The transition arm multilevel converter - A concept for medium and high voltage DC-DC transformers

I. A. Gowaid, G. P. Adam, B. W. Williams, A. M. Massoud, Shehab Ahmed

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Abstract

This paper proposes a dc/ac converter topology where each phase leg comprises a conventional series switch valve in one arm and a series connection of half-bridge chopper cells in the other arm. Operation with trapezoidal modulation is analyzed where the half-bridge modules have a reduced footprint and silicon area compared to standard modular multilevel converter modules. Furthermore, no arm inductance is required. The utilization of the proposed converter topology in medium and high voltage front-to-front DC-DC converter topologies is analyzed. Simulations investigate key features of the converter in comparison to other published topologies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	3099-3104
Number of pages	6
Volume	2015-June
Edition	June
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2015.7125556
Publication status	Published - 16 Jun 2015
Event	2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2015 - Seville, Spain Duration: 17 Mar 2015 → 19 Mar 2015

Other

Other	2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2015
Country	Spain
City	Seville
Period	17/3/15 → 19/3/15

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Keywords

Dc transformer
Dc/dc power conversion
Dual active bridge
Modular multilevel converter

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Gowaid, I. A., Adam, G. P., Williams, B. W., Massoud, A. M., & Ahmed, S. (2015). The transition arm multilevel converter - A concept for medium and high voltage DC-DC transformers. In 2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2015 (June ed., Vol. 2015-June, pp. 3099-3104). [7125556] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2015.7125556

The transition arm multilevel converter - A concept for medium and high voltage DC-DC transformers. / Gowaid, I. A.; Adam, G. P.; Williams, B. W.; Massoud, A. M.; Ahmed, Shehab.

2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2015. Vol. 2015-June June. ed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. p. 3099-3104 7125556.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Gowaid, IA, Adam, GP, Williams, BW, Massoud, AM & Ahmed, S 2015, The transition arm multilevel converter - A concept for medium and high voltage DC-DC transformers. in 2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2015. June edn, vol. 2015-June, 7125556, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 3099-3104, 2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2015, Seville, Spain, 17/3/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2015.7125556

Gowaid IA, Adam GP, Williams BW, Massoud AM, Ahmed S. The transition arm multilevel converter - A concept for medium and high voltage DC-DC transformers. In 2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2015. June ed. Vol. 2015-June. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. p. 3099-3104. 7125556 https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2015.7125556

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