A consensus approach to distributed balancing control of modular multilevel converters

Victor Daniel Reyes Dreke; Mircea Lazar

doi:10.1109/CCTA49430.2022.9966118

A consensus approach to distributed balancing control of modular multilevel converters

Victor Daniel Reyes Dreke
, Mircea Lazar

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Abstract

Modular multilevel converters (MMCs) are predominant in novel high and medium power applications, such as renewable energy generation and high-voltage direct-current transmission. This hardware offers better performance than other voltage-source-converters due to its higher efficiency, modular design and lower harmonic content. To achieve the expected results, it is essential to coordinate the actions of all the MMC modules using balancing control methods. Different from the previous solutions, this paper proposes a consensus control approach using a leader-follower topology to solve the balancing control problem for MMCs. The proposed control method guarantees asymptotic convergence of all modules to a consensus state, allows a distributed implementation and increases the robustness against module failures. Simulation results using Matlab show the advantages of the developed method.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, CCTA 2022
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	131-136
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-7338-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CCTA49430.2022.9966118
Publication status	Published - 8 Dec 2022
Event	6th IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, CCTA 2022 - Trieste, Italy Duration: 22 Aug 2022 → 25 Aug 2022

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Conference	6th IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, CCTA 2022
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Trieste
Period	22/08/22 → 25/08/22

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Funding Information:
This research was funded by the NEON (New Energy and mobility Outlook for the Netherlands) Crossover NWO (Dutch Research Council) Grant, project number 17628.

Funding

This research was funded by the NEON (New Energy and mobility Outlook for the Netherlands) Crossover NWO (Dutch Research Council) Grant, project number 17628.

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Capacitor Balancing Voltage
Consensus Control
Distributed Control
Modular Multilevel Converter

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Reyes Dreke, VD & Lazar, M 2022, A consensus approach to distributed balancing control of modular multilevel converters. in 2022 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, CCTA 2022., 9966118, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pp. 131-136, 6th IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, CCTA 2022, Trieste, Italy, 22/08/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/CCTA49430.2022.9966118

A consensus approach to distributed balancing control of modular multilevel converters. / Reyes Dreke, Victor Daniel; Lazar, Mircea.
2022 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, CCTA 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2022. p. 131-136 9966118.

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