Port-Hamiltonian modelling of Modular Multilevel Converters with fixed equilibrium point

Authors

Gilbert Bergna-Diaz, Santiago Sanchez, Elisabetta Tedeschi

Abstract

The paper presents the derivation of a port-Hamiltonian model of an averaged Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) that reaches a fixed equilibrium point solution. This MMC model can not be expressed in a straightforward way in a port-Hamiltonian framework due to the lack of skew-symmetry of its interconnection matrices. This work proposes a change of variable and a new per unit notation to overcome this limitation, obtaining a port-Hamiltonian model of the MMC with static equilibrium, useful for control design purposes.

Citation

• Journal: 2017 Twelfth International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER)
• Year: 2017
• Volume:
• Issue:
• Pages: 1–12
• Publisher: IEEE
• DOI: 10.1109/ever.2017.7935911

BibTeX

@inproceedings{Bergna_Diaz_2017,
  title={{Port-Hamiltonian modelling of Modular Multilevel Converters with fixed equilibrium point}},
  DOI={10.1109/ever.2017.7935911},
  booktitle={{2017 Twelfth International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER)}},
  publisher={IEEE},
  author={Bergna-Diaz, Gilbert and Sanchez, Santiago and Tedeschi, Elisabetta},
  year={2017},
  pages={1--12}
}

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