The Control Stage of a Modular Multilevel Converter-based Arbitrary Wave shape Generator for Dielectric Testing of High Voltage Grid Assets

Dhanashree Ashok Ganeshpure*, Thiago B. Soeiro, Mohamad Ghaffarian Niasar, Peter Vaessen

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Abstract

A Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC)-based Arbitrary Wave shape Generator (AWG) for High Voltage (HV) testing faces challenges in the control hardware to generate kHz-range high-frequency waveforms. Real Time Simulators (RTS) provide a simple way to implement the control of the MMC-based AWG in the FPGA. One of the commercially available RTS named Typhoon HIL is found to satisfy the small simulation step requirement such as minimum of 200 ns for generating kHz-range high-frequency waveforms. The performance of Typhoon HIL device is demonstrated with a scaled-down prototype of MMC-based AWG where sinusoidal and other arbitrary waveforms are generated up to 5kHz with a THD less than 5 %.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2023 11th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE 2023 - ECCE Asia)
PublisherIEEE
Pages2226-2233
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)978-89-5708-350-5
ISBN (Print)979-8-3503-3620-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event2023 11th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE 2023 - ECCE Asia) - Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 22 May 202325 May 2023
Conference number: 11th

Conference

Conference2023 11th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE 2023 - ECCE Asia)
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityJeju Island
Period22/05/2325/05/23

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Keywords

  • MMC
  • HV testing
  • Control Hardware
  • Real Time Simulators

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