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Stefan Milovanovic

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Performance Analysis of Energy Balancing Methods for Matrix Modular Multilevel Converters

Drazen Dujic, Stefan Milovanovic, Philippe Alexandre Bontemps

Modular multilevel converters achieve voltage scalability through the series connection of cells, each with its own capacitance. However, this converter structure using floating energy storage elements increases the control complexity significantly. The vo ...

2022

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In this paper, the real-time simulation model of the modular multilevel matrix converter was split into three independent instances using the concept of virtual capacitance. In doing so, the number of state space matrices that define the system has been re ...

2022

Comprehensive Comparison of Modular Multilevel Converter Internal Energy Balancing Methods

Drazen Dujic, Stefan Milovanovic

Stacking of the floating structures, known as submodules or cells, provides the modular multilevel converter with theoretically unlimited voltage scalability. However, such a convenience comes at a price of increased control complexity, especially in the d ...

2021

Virtual Capacitor Concept for Effective Real-Time MMC Simulations

Drazen Dujic, Stefan Milovanovic, Min Luo

In this paper, the real-time simulation model of the modular multilevel converter was split into several independent parts through the use of the virtual capacitor concept. As a result, the number of state-space matrices the real-time solver needs to take ...

2021

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This paper demonstrates the splitting of the modular multilevel converter real-time simulation model into several independent parts through the use of the virtual capacitor concept. As a result, the number of state-space matrices the real-time solver needs ...

2021

MMC-based conversion for MVDC applications

Stefan Milovanovic

In recent years, DC grids have gained momentum due to the advantages they display over their AC counterparts. For instance, high voltage DC grids have been established as the most prominent solution in the underwater power transmission or interconnection o ...

EPFL2020

Comprehensive Spectral Analysis of PWM Waveforms With Compensated DC link Oscillations

Drazen Dujic, Stefan Milovanovic

In the available literature, including reference books on the topic, the spectral analysis of voltage waveforms obtained through the use of pulse-width modulation relies on the assumption of an ideally flat voltage across the DC link of a considered switch ...

2020

On Power Scalability of Modular Multilevel Converters: Increasing Current Ratings Through Branch Paralleling

Drazen Dujic, Stefan Milovanovic

The modular multilevel converter (MMC) presented in Figure 1 found its place within highvoltage and medium-voltage (MV) applications owing to the possibility of effortlessly meeting the imposed voltage requirements by stacking the so-called submodules (SMs ...

2020

The branch paralleling represents one of the available options with regards to the modular multilevel converter power extension. In such a case, the main technical challenge resides in the control domain, whereas a new set of possibilities from the voltage ...

2020

Comparison of two Modular Multilevel Converter Internal Energy Balancing Methods

Drazen Dujic, Stefan Milovanovic, Miodrag Basic

Although challenging, control of the modular multilevel converter internal variables has been addressed using several different approaches so far. With the aim of maintaining the submodules’ energies within a predefined band, the socalled circulating curre ...

IEEE New York2019