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An Investigation of Capacitors for Flying Capacitor Converters
Author(s) -
Obara Hidemine,
Kamaga Masamu,
Ito Takumi,
Sato Yukihiko
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
electrical engineering in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.136
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1520-6416
pISSN - 0424-7760
DOI - 10.1002/eej.22361
Subject(s) - converters , capacitor , ripple , harmonics , electrical engineering , filter capacitor , electronic engineering , decoupling capacitor , electrolytic capacitor , voltage , power (physics) , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY Multilevel converters can essentially reduce harmonics even when their switching frequency is low. Among the various topologies of the multilevel converters, flying capacitor converters are considered to be promising converters for realizing high power density. However, the main circuit of the flying capacitor converters has many capacitors. Therefore, in this study, the volume of the capacitors in the flying capacitor converters is determined by taking into consideration the allowable ripple voltage and temperature rise in the capacitor. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 186(4): 81–91, 2014; Published online in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.22361