A Novel Energy Balance Control Method for a Modular Multilevel Converter in a High-Speed PMSM Drive Application

Tianqi Xia, Fei Peng () and Yunkai Huang
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Tianqi Xia: School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Fei Peng: School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Yunkai Huang: School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 13, 1-22

Abstract: Nowadays, high-speed permanent magnet synchronous machines (HSPMSMs) are widely used in high-speed direct-drive applications. Moreover, modular multilevel converters (MMCs) have attracted a lot of attention. In this paper, the mathematical model of the MMC for the HSPMSM was built on high- and low-speed regions, respectively, and the control of each model is completely decoupled. Moreover, energy balance control schemes based on the common mode current injection of the MMC with HSPMSM drive applications have been proposed for high- and low-speed cases, respectively. Based on this model, the controller is proposed for high- and low-speed cases, respectively. Simulation and experiment results indicate that the proposed energy balance control method for an MMC in the high-speed PMSM drive application exhibits significant performance, which can ensure the energy balance of the MMC and eliminate the circulating current of the MMC directly.

Keywords: modular multilevel converter; energy control; common mode current injection; high-speed permanent magnet synchronous machine; circulating current (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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