{"title":"Modular Commutated Converter With High-Overload Capability","authors":"Biao Zhao;Lin Wang;Xueyin Zhang;Ruihang Bai;Bin Cui;Lu Qu;Jingpeng Wu;Zhanqing Yu;Rong Zeng","doi":"10.1109/TPEL.2025.3535725","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This letter proposes a novel modular commutation converter with high-overload capability for high-voltage dc transmission. The combination of single-switching-device modules (SDMs) and high-switching SDMs exploits the soft-switching characteristics of the topology and the high surge-current capability of integrated gate-commutated thyristors, enabling the converter to achieve short-term high-overload capability at reduced cost and volume. The topology, operating principle, and device characteristics are presented in detail. A megawatt-level engineering prototype is developed, and experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposal.","PeriodicalId":13267,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics","volume":"40 9","pages":"12033-12037"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10856562/","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This letter proposes a novel modular commutation converter with high-overload capability for high-voltage dc transmission. The combination of single-switching-device modules (SDMs) and high-switching SDMs exploits the soft-switching characteristics of the topology and the high surge-current capability of integrated gate-commutated thyristors, enabling the converter to achieve short-term high-overload capability at reduced cost and volume. The topology, operating principle, and device characteristics are presented in detail. A megawatt-level engineering prototype is developed, and experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposal.
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