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A Modular Multilevel Converter-Based Pulsed Electric Field Generator Design for Electroporation Applications

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: After a short historical background and mentioning common application areas and different clinical modalities of pulsed electric fields and the phenomena such as electro permeabilization and electroporation are introduced based on the concept of the basic mechanism. Subsequently, pulse generation (PG) and the adapted modular multilevel converter (MMC) topology that is to be covered are introduced including the operating principles and very basic analysis. Finally, performance of the proposed MMC with four half bridge submodules is tested on a prototype built in laboratory. A bidirectional voltage is produced with 80 V amplitude pulsating at 100 kHz operation frequency.

Source: Balkan Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering

DOI: 10.17694/bajece.1301685

Authors: Övül ESKİ, Kemal ŞAHİN, Sevilay ÇETİN

Institution: Pamukkale University

Language: English

Topic: Multilevel Inverters and Converters

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Pamukkale Üniversitesi

Award: G7859183347