US 11,909,214 B2
Topology of series-connected MMC with a small number of modules
Wu Chen, Jiangsu (CN); Liangcai Shu, Jiangsu (CN); Haozhe Jin, Jiangsu (CN); and Xiaokun He, Jiangsu (CN)
Assigned to SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY, Jiangsu (CN)
Appl. No. 17/640,603
Filed by SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY, Jiangsu (CN)
PCT Filed May 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/092111
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/188255, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202110251640.X (CN), filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0017288 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 7/483 (2007.01); H02M 7/487 (2007.01)
CPC H02J 3/38 (2013.01) [H02M 1/0074 (2021.05); H02M 7/487 (2013.01); H02M 7/4835 (2021.05)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A topology of a series-connected MMC converter with a small number of modules, wherein the topology is composed of a three-phase bridge circuit, half-bridge valve strings, a three-phase filter inductor, and a three-phase grid frequency transformer;
the three-phase bridge circuit is formed by series connection of a phase-A bridge circuit, a phase-B bridge circuit, and a phase-C bridge circuit, any of which is formed by combination of a high-voltage DC capacitor, a first high-voltage switch string, and a second high-voltage switch string;
and the first high-voltage switch string and the second high-voltage switch string are connected in series and then connected in parallel to the high-voltage DC capacitor;
the half-bridge valve string is formed by series connection of a set of half-bridge submodules, full-bridge submodules, or half-bridge/full-bridge hybrid submodules; and
the other terminals of the three-phase filter inductor are respectively connected to primary winding terminals of the three-phase grid frequency transformer, and secondary winding terminals of the three-phase grid frequency transformer form a high-voltage AC port; and a connection manner of the three-phase grid frequency transformer is one of Y/Y, Δ/Y, Δ/Δ, and Y/Δ structures.