This paper focuses on the engineering trade-offs in designing capacitor voltage balancing schemes for modular multilevel converters (MMC) HVDC: regulation performance and switching loss. MMC is driven by the on/off switch operation of numerous submodules and the key design concern is balancing submodule capacitor voltages minimizing switching transition among submodules because it represents th...

Flying capacitor multi-level converters use charged capacitors as a critical element. For proper operation, the voltages must be known and regulated. Direct measurement is straightforward, but when number of required measurements high, this complicated approach. This paper introduces an estimation method for n voltages. The scheme based on system ( + 1 ) equations, which defined in way that it ...

This thesis aims to bring clarity to the dimensioning aspects and limiting factors of the modular multilevel converter (MMC). Special consideration is given to the dc capacitors in the submodules as they are a driving factor for the size and weight of the converter. It is found that if the capacitor voltages are allowed to increase by 10% the stored energy must be 21 kJ/MW in order to compensat...

We present results on the development of a novel micromachined parallel-plate tunable capacitor with a wide tuning range. Different from conventional two-parallel-plate tunable capacitors, this novel tunable capacitor consists of one suspended top plate and two fixed bottom plates. One of the two fixed plates and the top plate form a variable capacitor, where as the other fixed plate and the to...

This paper analyzes the effect of distributed leg capacitance of a hybrid type birdcage RF receiver coil on the performance of NMR imaging at 1.5T MRI systems. The NMR images obtained by triple leg capacitor RF coil are found superior to NMR images of the single leg capacitor coil.

Capacitors in radial/mesh distribution systems are used to supply reactive power to minimize loss and to improve the voltage profile. The appropriate placement of capacitors is also important to ensure that system power losses and total investment capacitor costs are minimal. The capacitor placement problem consists of finding specific sitting and sizing to install capacitor banks in an electri...

High-resolution electronic interface circuits for transducers with nonlinear capacitive impedance need an operational amplifier, which is stable for a wide range of load capacitance. Such operational amplifier in a conventional design requires a large area for compensation capacitors, increasing costs and limiting applications. In order to address this problem, we present a gain-boosted two-sta...

Abstact: In a electrical power system, whenever the voltage goes below the desired level,there is no need to improve the voltage profile. This increasing voltage can be obtained by using capacitor bank/s, as switching ON a capacitor bank/s causes increase in voltage while switching OFF a capacitor bank/s causes decrease in voltage. But these switching action, if not specifically controlled give...

In this work, we report a SU-8-based fully integrated miniaturized inductively powered LC transponder for generic implantable wireless sensor applications. It consists of a 1 mm diameter octagonal spiral inductor and a micro fabricated MIM (metal insulator metal) capacitor. Polyvinylidene Fluoride–Trifluoroethylene (PVDF–TrFE) copolymer is applied as a dielectric material for the capacitor fabr...

Atlas is a facility being designed at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to perform high energy-density experiments in support of weapon-physics and basicresearch programs. It is designed to be an international user facility, providing experimental opportunities to researchers from national laboratories and academic institutions. For hydrodynamic experiments, it will be capable of achieving ...