A review of multilevel converters with parallel connectivity

J Fang, F Blaabjerg, S Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cascaded-bridge converters (CBCs) and modular multilevel converters (MMCs) enjoy
growing popularity mostly due to modularity and scalability. Conventionally, their …

Review on grid-tied modular battery energy storage systems: Configuration classifications, control advances, and performance evaluations

Z Ma, M Jia, L Koltermann, A Blömeke… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the past decade, the implementation of battery energy storage systems (BESS) with a
modular design has grown significantly, proving to be highly advantageous for large-scale …

A constrained intersubmodule state-of-charge balancing method for battery energy storage systems based on the cascaded H-bridge converter

G Liang, E Rodriguez, GG Farivar… - … on Power Electronics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the operation of battery energy storage systems (BESSs) based on the cascaded H-bridge
(CHB) converters, it is desirable to balance the state of charge (SoC) among the …

Benchmarking of modular multilevel converter topologies for ES-STATCOM realization

SK Chaudhary, AF Cupertino, R Teodorescu… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the integration of the high-power static synchronous compensator
(STATCOM) and energy storage in the same device has gained interest. Such a system is …

A rapidly reconfigurable DC battery for increasing flexibility and efficiency of electric vehicle drive trains

Z Li, A Yang, G Chen, N Tashakor… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Traditional electric vehicle (EV) battery drive trains comprise hard-wired batteries forming a
fixed high-voltage DC link, and a main inverter. This paper proposes a novel topology to …

Modular battery-integrated power electronics-modelling, advantages, and challenges

N Tashakor, J Kacetl, T Kacetl… - 2022 24th European …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modular battery-integrated converters (dynamically reconfigurable modular batteries) are
expanding into emerging applications. Although widely popular, we are yet to fully exploit …

Enhancing inductive operation of low-capacitance cascaded H-bridge StatComs using optimal third-harmonic circulating current

E Rodriguez, R Leyva, L Qingxiang… - … on Power Electronics, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The cascaded H-bridge (CHB) low-capacitance static compensator (LC-StatCom) has a
limited operating range in the inductive region compared to a conventional StatCom due to …

Bandwidth-increased ripple-mitigating scheduling algorithm for dynamically reconfigurable batteries

T Kacetl, J Kacetl, N Tashakor, J Fang… - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modular cascaded circuits offer attractive qualities in reconfigurable battery applications,
including improved fault tolerance and flexibility. In contrast to conventional hard-wired dc …

Third-harmonic-type modulation minimizing the dc-link energy storage requirement of isolated phase-modular three-phase pfc rectifier systems

T Langbauer, D Menzi, V Marugg, F Vollmaier… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A three-phase ac-dc converter with high-frequency isolation can be realized as a phase-
modular system by using three single-phase Power Factor Correction (PFC) rectifier …

Modulation and control of series/parallel module for ripple-current reduction in star-configured split-battery applications

Z Li, R Lizana, Z Yu, S Sha… - … on Power Electronics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Split-battery converters based on cascaded H-bridges (CHBs) are gaining popularity due to
their excellent physical modularity. During operation, however, the batteries experience …