Research Article

Optimized Control for MMCs with Reduced Power Loss and Extended Lifetime

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(a) Arm currents iau, ibu, and icu and B-phase output current ibo in the CCSC method; (b) arm currents iau, ibu, and icu and B-phase output current ibo in the RLEL-PLOC method; (c) arm currents iau, ibu, and icu and B-phase output current ibo in the RLEL-PLOC method; (d) arm currents iau, ibu, and icu and B-phase output current ibo in the RLEL-PLOC method; (e) total power loss and power loss of the semiconductor device in four dominate techniques.
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