@INPROCEEDINGS{8936170,
  author={Bieber, Levi and Wang, Liwei},
  booktitle={2019 IEEE 10th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON)}, 
  title={An Active-Forced-Commutated Thyristor-Based Multilevel Converter for HVDC Transmission}, 
  year={2019},
  volume={},
  number={},
  pages={0447-0453},
  abstract={This paper proposes a thyristor-based hybrid three-level converter (TH3LC) integrated with AC-side full-bridge submodule chain-link (AC-FBCL) for high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission. The TH3LC makes use of thyristor director switches (DSs) to conduct the bulk of transferred power while the AC-FBCL enables a multilevel voltage output. Third-order harmonic voltage injection is used by the AC-FBCL to limit its total blocking voltage to a quarter of the DC-side voltage, which reduces the converter footprint, the semiconductor count, and the losses. The DSs of the TH3LC are force-commutated by an additional neutral-point-connected, low capacitance commutation FBCL (C-FBCL), enabling low DS switching frequency. The C-FBCL enables stepped-trapezoidal voltage output of the three-level converter for straight-forward synchronization with the AC-FBCL. Simulated case studies show that the TH3LC provides similar converter efficiency to the half-bridge MMC (HB-MMC) while possessing DC fault blocking capability and a significantly smaller footprint due to a reduced number of submodules and less energy storage requirement.},
  keywords={Thyristors;Harmonic analysis;Modulation;Power harmonic filters;Circuit faults;HVDC transmission;Converters;hybrid multilevel converter;modular multilevel converter;HVDC transmission;thyristor-based;voltage source converter (VSC)},
  doi={10.1109/IEMCON.2019.8936170},
  ISSN={2644-3163},
  month={Oct},}

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