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68 3-L DC Link ML Converter Properties<br />
steady state. No publications on the natural balance properties of the ML ANPC are available so<br />
far. A self balancing feature is nice, as it allows applying optimal modulation schemes regarding<br />
harmonic performance without sacrificing that property for NP control. On the other hand, active<br />
balancing features are not very effective and in reality, all topologies may require active NP control<br />
during transi<strong>en</strong>ts, with distorted or unbalanced loads or in specific operating point. Active NP<br />
control schemes can dramatically improve dynamics and steady state error in NP and FC voltages.<br />
The remain<strong>de</strong>r of this thesis focuses fully on active methods and does not investigated natural<br />
balance any further.<br />
4.6 NP curr<strong>en</strong>t in function of output voltage in single phase legs<br />
The neutral point curr<strong>en</strong>t <strong>de</strong>p<strong>en</strong>ds on the output curr<strong>en</strong>ts and the duty cycles of the relevant<br />
switching cells. Many publications on NP control inclu<strong>de</strong> an analysis of the NP curr<strong>en</strong>t, however,<br />
this is usually limited to certain operating ranges and a limited set of topologies. The following<br />
paragraphs investigate the NP curr<strong>en</strong>t for differ<strong>en</strong>t topologies in <strong>de</strong>tail to <strong>de</strong>termine, whether the<br />
topology has an impact on the NP controllability and the control concepts to be applied.<br />
4.6.1 NP curr<strong>en</strong>t in the NPC<br />
In the NPC, there are two commutation cells. The upper cell is controlled by S1 and S3, the<br />
lower cell is controlled by S2 and S4. The NP curr<strong>en</strong>t can be calculated based on (32) and (33) on<br />
page 53. The corresponding duty cycles and the resulting NP curr<strong>en</strong>t are indicated in Figure 57.<br />
Cell duty cycle<br />
S1: α1<br />
S2: α2<br />
1<br />
α2<br />
α1<br />
Phase leg duty cycle<br />
1<br />
NP curr<strong>en</strong>t ratio<br />
S3: 1 − α1<br />
S4: 1 − α2<br />
1<br />
I-NP/ I-out<br />
Phase leg duty cycle<br />
(a)<br />
(b)<br />
1<br />
Figure 57, 3-L NPC with duty cycles of the individual switches and the resulting normalized NP<br />
curr<strong>en</strong>t, b) also valid for standard SMC modulation<br />
4.6.2 NP curr<strong>en</strong>t in the 3-L ANPC<br />
The ANPC allows for several differ<strong>en</strong>t modulation schemes [22]. The differ<strong>en</strong>t schemes are<br />
indicated in Figure 58. To calculate the NP curr<strong>en</strong>t, the following equation can be <strong>de</strong>rived from<br />
(32) and (33), assuming cell 1 and cell 2 to be operated in phase and cell 3 with a phase shift of π.<br />
α2 must always be larger than α1 to not violate any blocking voltage constraints.