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Title: Binary Capacitor Voltage Control (BCVC) Multilevel Converters and Quadratic Integration-exploited Model Predictive Current Control (QI-MPCC) for Low Nominal DC Voltage Applications
Committee:
Dr. Meliopoulos, Advisor
Dr. Taylor, Chair
Dr. Divan
Abstract: The objective of this doctoral research is to develop 1) three new multilevel-converter concepts utilizing the binary numeral system-based capacitor voltage control and multilevel AC-voltage synthesis and 2) a new model predictive current control (MPCC) methodology exploiting the quadratic integration method to effectively enhance the DC-AC power-conversion quality and efficiency and the closed-loop control performance of MPCC-based multilevel converters in several-hundred-kVA and low-nominal-DC-voltage power applications.
