An Exclusive Switching Performance: Power Factor Correction in Hybrid Modular Multilevel Converter

Mr. Balasaheb J. Pawar

Mr. Balasaheb J. Pawar Assistant Professor, N.D.M.V.P.S’s, C.O.E., Nashik, Maharashtra, India

Abstract

This article is devoted to the multi-level inverters and in particular to the switching and power factor correction (PFC) of hybrid modular multilevel converter (HMMC).The HMMC is built up by individually controllable sub-modules (SMs). Therefore the converter can act as a controllable voltage source converter with a large number of discrete voltage steps. Various pulse-width modulation (PWM) switching processswhich are based on a single reference waveform are developed / proposed for the MMC. Active filtering of electric power consumes now develop a mature technology for harmonic mitigation and PFC in ac power networks with nonlinear loads. This paper presents an exclusive switching process which is also helpful to maintain the power factor (PF) of HMMC.

How to cite this article:
Pawar B.J, Gond V.J. An Exclusive Switching Performance: Power Factor Correction in Hybrid Modular Multilevel Converter. J Adv Res Microelec VLSI 2020; 2(1): 4-9.

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