Control of three-phase solid-state transformer with phase-separated configuration for minimized energy storage capacitors

T Isobe, RA Barrera-Cardenas, Z He… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the control structure of a solid-state transformer for three-phase ac/ac, to
reduce the required size of capacitors. The structure consists of an ac/dc converter based on …

Capacitor voltage ripple estimation and optimal sizing of modular multi-level converters for variable-speed drives

Z Ke, J Pan, M Al Sabbagh, R Na… - … on Power Electronics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work deals with the sizing of submodule capacitors for modular multilevel converters
(MMCs) used for variable speed drives for medium voltage and high voltage electric …

Optimal submodule capacitor sizing for modular multilevel converters with common mode voltage injection and circulating current control

Z Ke, J Pan, K Potty, W Perdikakis… - 2017 IEEE Energy …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modular multilevel converters (MMCs), with the filter-less and transformer-less features, are
considered as a promising topology for high-efficiency medium voltage (MV) high voltage …

Minimizing static VAR compensator capacitor size by using SMC and ASRFC controllers in smart grid with connected EV charger

SG Farkoush, A Wadood, T Khurshaid, CH Kim… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Electric Vehicles (EVs) play a pivotal role in reducing the emissions of greenhouse
gases in the world. Currently demand for EVs has abruptly increased for transportation and …

DC-Link Capacitance Design for Cascaded H-Bridge STATCOM With Sum of Squares Formulation

H Wang, J Zhang, X Xia, F Gao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article has proposed a generic capacitor sizing method for delta-connected cascaded H-
bridge (CHB) used for static synchronous compensator (STATCOM), which can be operated …

Control of solid-state-transformer for minimized energy storage capacitors

T Isobe, H Tadano, Z He, Y Zou - 2017 IEEE Energy …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a control structure of SST (Solid-state-transformer), which consists of
MMC (Modular Multi-level Converter) based AC/DC converters and isolated DC/DC …

Dynamic performance improvement of single-phase STATCOM with drastically reduced capacitance

Z He, L Zhang, T Isobe… - 2017 IEEE 3rd International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper discusses the control strategy of DC-capacitor voltage in single-phase STATCOM
with drastically reduced capacitance. Reduced capacitance results in a high amplitude of …

Submodule capacitor sizing for cascaded H-bridge STATCOM with sum of squares formulation

H Wang, F Wang, F Gao… - 2022 International Power …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper deals with capacitor sizing for delta-connected cascaded H-bridge (CHB)
STATCOM with sum of squares formulation. Analytical expressions of capacitor voltages and …

Unbalanced load compensation for solid-state transformer using smoothing capacitors of cascaded h-bridges as energy buffer

M Akihiro, T Isobe, K Terazono… - IECON 2019-45th …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a control structure of Solid-State Transformers for three-phase AC/AC,
to reduce the required size of the capacitors with load unbalanced compensation capability …

Dynamic performance improvement of model-based capacitor voltage control for single-phase STATCOM with reduced capacitance

M Akihiro, T Mannen, T Isobe - 2021 IEEE Applied Power …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes an improved model-based capacitor voltage control for single-phase
STATCOM. A cascaded H-bridge multilevel converter (CHB-MC) based STATCOM consists …