Wireless Control of Modular Multilevel Converter Submodules

Wireless control of modular multilevel converter (MMC) submodules offers several potential benefits to exploit, such as decreased costs and ease in installation. However, wireless comes with challenging engineering requirements. The methods used wired communication networks are not directly applicable the due latency reliability differences networks. This article reviews existing architectures MMCs proposes a method for submodule control. Also, synchronization pulsewidth modulation carriers is proposed suitable imperfections communication, higher packet losses compared analyzed operation MMCs. fixed proper controller network design. rendered immune by decreasing closed-loop bandwidth. functionality proposal verified, first time, experimentally on laboratory-scale MMC using simple network. It shown that approach can perform comparably