Analysis of MMC Circulation Phase Sequence Separation and Research on Flexible Sliding Mode Circulation Suppression Method

Chuyan Kang, Sijia Huo, Yingbo Yue, Haoyang Cui (), Cheng Yang, Rongqiang Feng, Weibang Li and Xin He
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Chuyan Kang: School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 201306, China
Sijia Huo: State Grid Shanxi Electric Power Co., Ltd., Xi’an 710048, China
Yingbo Yue: School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 201306, China
Haoyang Cui: School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 201306, China
Cheng Yang: School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 201306, China
Rongqiang Feng: State Grid Electric Power Research Institute, Nanjing 211106, China
Weibang Li: State Grid Electric Power Research Institute, Nanjing 211106, China
Xin He: State Grid Electric Power Research Institute, Nanjing 211106, China

Energies, 2025, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-19

Abstract: Modular multilevel converter (MMC) circulating current suppression is an effective method in improving power conversion quality. However, due to the complex composition of circulation under a three-phase imbalanced state, as well as the limitations of existing sliding mode circulation suppression methods that can easily cause high-frequency oscillation in the system, the circulation suppression effectiveness still needs to be further improved. Firstly, this article clarifies the phase sequence law and key control factors of the circulation by separating the MMC circulation phase sequence and decoupling the model. Secondly, the generalized proportional integral sliding surface and the hyperbolic tangent convergence law are introduced into sliding mode control to improve the system’s ability to flexibly suppress the circulating current. Then, the proposed method is evaluated using the system power quality and insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) junction temperature amplitude. The results show that the proposed method reduces the total harmonic distortion of the bridge arm current to 1.28% and 1.03%, respectively, under three-phase balanced and imbalanced states, and effectively smooths the IGBT junction temperature fluctuation of submodules. It also improves the stability and robustness of MMC system to circulation suppression gain variations, sudden load changes, and switching failures. This article provides an effective method for the synchronous implementation of MMC circulation suppression and IGBT junction temperature smoothing under complex and variable operating conditions.

Keywords: modular multilevel converter; circulating current harmonic suppression; sliding mode control; temperature fluctuation; insulated-gate bipolar transistor (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: 2025
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