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Multilevel power converter structures have been introduced as the solutions for high power high voltage applications and also for grid interface connection of renewable energy sources systems, where they have several advantages, namely low distortion voltages and currents, low switching losses resulting in higher efficiency. As a consequence of the increasing interest on multilevel converter applications, accurate models of these power converters are essential for computer simulation studies. This paper presents a systematic modeling approach suitable to obtain generalized state-space models for m level diode-clamped multilevel converters supplying AC loads. In particular, for m = 5, the proposed model is compared to the corresponding model using general purpose Simulink blocks and SimPowerSystems toolbox.
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Chaves, M., Margato, E., Silva, J., Pinto, S. (2014). Generalized State-Space Modeling for m Level Diode-Clamped Multilevel Converters. In: Fonseca Ferreira, N., Tenreiro Machado, J. (eds) Mathematical Methods in Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7183-3_7
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