Delta-Connected Cascaded H-Bridge Converter Application in Unbalanced Load Compensation

The delta-connected cascaded H-bridge converter has been applied to compensate flicker and unbalance load to meet power quality requirement. Based on the detailed power analysis, this paper presents a dc capacitor voltage-balancing technique for the converter. This paper also proposes a current limit control technique to avoid overstressing the power semiconductor devices of the converter. The control techniques in this paper are verified in a 220-V, 1-kVA laboratory test bench.

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