Disclosure of Invention
The purpose of the invention is as follows: the MMC converter has the problem of direct connection of bridge arm power tubes of a submodule which influences the working reliability, and therefore the invention provides an MMC submodule topological structure based on a clamping circuit and an energy transfer circuit.
The technical scheme is as follows: the MMC sub-module topological structure based on a clamping and energy transfer circuit is suitable for a modular multilevel converter based on a half-bridge sub-module and comprises a first power switch tube, a second power switch tube, a third switch tube, a fourth switch tube, first to third inductors, first to third diodes and first to third capacitors, wherein the first power switch tube and the second power switch tube comprise anti-parallel diodes; the emitter of the first power switch tube is connected with the collector of the second power switch tube, the collector of the first power switch tube is respectively connected with one end of the first inductor and the anode of the first diode, the other end of the first inductor, one end of the third inductor and the anode of the first capacitor are connected, the other end of the third inductor, the cathode of the third diode and the emitter of the third switch tube are connected, the collector of the third switch tube, the cathode of the second diode and the anode of the third capacitor are connected, the cathode of the first diode and one end of the second inductor are connected, the anode of the second capacitor is connected with the anode of the second diode, the other end of the second inductor and the collector of the fourth switching tube, and the emitter of the second power switching tube, the cathode of the first capacitor, the anode of the third diode, the cathode of the third capacitor, the emitter of the fourth switching tube and the cathode of the second capacitor are connected; and a collector and an emitter of the second power switch tube are respectively used as positive and negative output ends of the sub-module topological structure.
Has the advantages that:
(1) the submodule has the direct connection capability of a bridge arm switch tube and has high operation reliability;
(2) the submodule has the capacity of submodule capacitor voltage control, the traditional capacitor voltage balance control is not needed, the hardware structure of the system can be simplified, and the software design requirement can be reduced;
(3) the circulation alternating current component is small, and a circulation restraining strategy is not needed.
Detailed Description
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate an embodiment of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention.
As shown in fig. 1, each phase of the modular multilevel converter based on half-bridge sub-modules is formed by connecting an upper bridge arm and a lower bridge arm through two bridge arm inductors, each bridge arm includes N sub-modules, and the sub-modules are traditional sub-modules.
As shown in fig. 2, the topology of the present invention consists of a half-bridge circuit, a clamp circuit and an energy transfer circuit. The half-bridge circuit is composed of an inductor L1A capacitor C1And two NPN power switch tubes S containing anti-parallel diodes1And S2Composition L1Connecting capacitor C1Positive electrode of (2), L1The other end of the switch tube S is connected with a switch tube S1Collector electrode of, S1The emitter of (2) is connected with a switch tube S2Collector electrode of, S2Emitter electrode connection capacitor C1The negative electrode of (1).
The clamping circuit is composed of an inductor L1Two capacitors C1And C2And a power diode D1Are connected in series. Capacitor C2Is turning toPolar connection diode D1Negative electrode of (D)1Positive electrode of (2) is connected with an inductor L1Inductance L1The other end of the capacitor C is connected with a capacitor C1Positive electrode of (2), capacitor C1Negative pole of the capacitor C2The negative electrode of (1).
The energy transfer circuit is formed by cascading a voltage boosting circuit and a voltage reducing circuit, wherein the voltage boosting circuit is composed of two capacitors C2And C3An inductor L3A diode D3And a switching tube SZ2And (4) forming. Capacitor C2Positive electrode of (2) is connected with an inductor L2,L2The other end is connected with a switch tube SZ1Collector electrode of, SZ1Collector of the diode is connected with D2Positive electrode of (2), D2Negative pole of the capacitor C3Positive electrode of (2), capacitor C3Negative pole of (2) is connected with a switch tube SZ1An emitter of (1); the voltage reduction circuit is composed of two capacitors C1And C3An inductor L3A diode D3And a switching tube SZ2Composition is carried out; switch tube SZ2Is connected to the positive pole of a capacitor C, SZ2Emitter-connected diode D3Negative electrode of (1) and inductor L3,L3The other end of the capacitor C is connected with a capacitor C1Positive electrode of (2), capacitor C1Negative electrode of (2) is connected with a diode D3Anode of (2), diode D3Positive electrode of (2) is connected with a capacitor C3The negative electrode of (1).
As shown in fig. 3-5, which are schematic diagrams of the sub-module topology, in a half-bridge circuit when S is1And S2When conducting at the same time, the submodules are in a through state, C1Through L1Discharge, L1Increase in energy, C1The voltage drops, when the sub-module is switched from the through state to the non-through state, the clamping circuit starts to work, and the capacitor C1Continues through L1Discharge, D1Conduction, C1The voltage continues to drop, C2Voltage rises when L1Voltage vL1Plus C1Voltage vC1C or less2Voltage vC2When the output voltage of the submodule is vL1+vC1When v isL1Plus vC1Greater than vC2When the output voltage of the submodule is vC2(ii) a Capacitor C2Sub-module output voltages can be clamped; v. ofC1The bridge arm current rises when the bridge arm current is positive and falls when the bridge arm current is negative;
whether bridge arm current is positive or negative, C2The voltage continuously rises, when C is in the booster circuit2When the voltage is too high and is higher than the upper limit threshold value, SZ1Opening, C2Through L2Discharge when C2When the voltage is lower than the lower limit threshold value, SZ1Closing, D2Conduction, C2Through L2To C3Charging, C2Reduction in voltage, C3The voltage rises, the booster circuit will C2All energy increments of (2) are transferred to (C)3;
In addition, when the bridge arm current is negative, the capacitor C1Step-down, when C is in the step-down circuit1When the voltage is lower than the lower limit threshold value, SZ2Opening, C3Through L3To C1Discharging; when C is present1When the voltage is higher than the upper threshold, SZ2Closing, D3Conduction, L3By D3Free-wheeling loop feed C1And (6) charging. The voltage reduction unit realizes the conversion of C3Increased energy transfer to C1Above, in limit C3Maintaining C while applying voltage1The voltage is stable.
In order to keep the energy flowing through the sub-modules balanced, the inductances in the step-up and step-down circuits operate in an intermittent state.
FIG. 6 is a control block diagram of a submodule of the present invention. The submodule control strategy adopts a hysteresis comparison control strategy: (a) is shown in the figure when C2When the voltage is greater than the upper limit threshold value, the switch tube SZ1Is on when C2When the voltage is less than the lower threshold, the switch tube SZ1Closing;
(b) the figure is expressed as Sz2On and off condition, capacitor C3Voltage V ofc3When greater than the upper threshold, Vc1Control failure, Sz2Opening, Vc3When the upper limit threshold value is less than or equal to the lower limit threshold value, Vc1Control is effective in this stateIf Vc1Less than the lower threshold, Sz2Is turned on if Vc1Greater than the upper threshold value, Sz2Closing; vc3When the value is lower than the lower limit threshold value, Vc1Control failure, Sz2And closing. The circuit works at Vc1Controlling the active state.
Fig. 7 is a steady state experimental waveform of the present invention. As can be seen from fig. 7(a), the ac current amplitude is about 5A, and the harmonic content is only 2.1% and very small as calculated by the FFT of the oscilloscope. In fig. 7(b), the value of the circulating current fluctuation is 0.45A, which is 9% of the alternating current, indicating that the circulating current fluctuation is very small without the circulating current suppression algorithm. In FIG. 7(C), when the bridge arm current is positive, the capacitance C is set to zero2To C3Charging, C3The voltage is always increased, and C1Voltage quilt C2And (4) clamping. When the bridge arm current is negative, C1Voltage drop, C3To C1Charging, C3The voltage drops. C1The voltage is controlled and stabilized to fluctuate within the range of 23.5-25 v, C2The voltage is also stably controlled to fluctuate within the range of 28-30 v, C3The energy fluctuations are kept in balance.
Fig. 8 is a waveform diagram of the through capability experiment of the present invention. At t1At any moment, the upper and lower switch tubes of the submodule are conducted simultaneously, and the capacitor C1Discharge is initiated and its voltage begins to drop. After 25 mus, the direct connection state is changed into the normal working state, and the capacitor C1The voltage continues to drop and is supplied to C2Charging, C2The voltage rises. When the capacitance C2When the voltage is greater than the upper threshold, the capacitor C2Start to supply capacitor C3Charging, capacitance C3Rise in voltage, capacitance C2The voltage drops. And entering a normal working state after the process is finished.
It should be noted that the various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner without departing from the scope of the invention. The invention is not described in detail in order to avoid unnecessary repetition.