Title:  Binary Capacitor Voltage Control (BCVC) Multilevel Converters and Quadratic Integration-exploited Model Predictive Current Control (QI-MPCC) for Low Nominal DC Voltage Applications

Committee: 

Dr. Meliopoulos, Advisor        

Dr. Taylor, Chair

Dr. Divan

Abstract: The objective of this doctoral research is to develop 1) three new multilevel-converter concepts utilizing the binary numeral system-based capacitor voltage control and multilevel AC-voltage synthesis and 2) a new model predictive current control (MPCC) methodology exploiting the quadratic integration method to effectively enhance the DC-AC power-conversion quality and efficiency and the closed-loop control performance of MPCC-based multilevel converters in several-hundred-kVA and low-nominal-DC-voltage power applications.