A hybrid communication topology for modular multilevel converter

Tu, Hao; Lukic, Srdjan

doi:10.1109/apec.2018.8341535

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“…Formation of temporal patterns can be especially harmful, when reaching the millisecond range as outlined above for the faradaic dynamics. Increasing the update rate is limited by relying on slow acquisition of module information, which is often collected through data communication busses with considerable latency [78][79][80][81][82]. The communication bus latency in addition to signal processing can readily reach 10 -100 ms, while the switching rate of the phase voltage period is in the microsecond range.…”

Section: Previous Control Of Battery-integrated Power Electronicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bandwidth-Increased Ripple-Mitigating Scheduling Algorithm for Dynamically Reconfigurable Batteries

Kacetl

Tashakor

et al. 2022

IEEE Access

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Modular cascaded circuits offer attractive qualities in reconfigurable battery applications, including improved fault tolerance and flexibility. In contrast to conventional hard-wired dc battery packs, however, cascaded topologies, such as modular multilevel circuits (MMC) with serial or serial and parallel connectivity, load modules with substantial low-frequency current ripple, which generates additional loss and can accelerate battery aging. Recent studies reveal that low-frequency ripple can cause noticeable battery aging, whereas high frequencies are insignificant, presumably mainly as they can be absorbed by the dielectric electrode capacitance, and reduce heating associated with lower high-frequency battery impedance. Previous MMC-battery control methods solely focus on state-of-charge and thermal balancing of individual modules, while the few existing methods for suppressing ripple tend to form low-frequency patterns in the modules' load, which increase battery cycling as well as loss. This paper presents a rippleoriented high-bandwidth control technique that minimizes low-frequency components in the module load spectrum and improves battery treatment, while maintaining the average switching frequency. The control method takes limitations related to module data acquisition into account and enhances the feedback bandwidth using observers. It works with a wide range of topologies including modules with series connectivity only as well as series/parallel. The measurements in the laboratory verify the shift of the module load from the 10 -100 Hz range to ~5 kHz and a reduction of battery losses by up to 20 %.INDEX TERMS Modular battery, modular multilevel converter, cascaded bridge converter, reconfigurable battery, battery ageing model, ripple suppression, influence of ripple current, second harmonic, scheduling, battery energy storage systems (BESS), electric vehicle drive trains.

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Section: Previous Control Of Battery-integrated Power Electronicsmentioning

confidence: 99%