The invention belongs to the technical field of power electronic
system control, and particularly relates to a bridge arm
energy balance control method of a modular multi-
level converter, which comprises the following steps: generating a
direct current bus current reference value for representing the
direct current side
energy regulation requirement of the modular multi-
level converter; in combination with the energy state of each bridge leg, generating a bridge leg current reference value corresponding to each bridge leg by using a bridge leg current reference value distribution strategy; generating mutually independent bridge leg common-mode
voltage modulation signals of the bridge legs; based on a common-mode modulation
signal energy rectification distribution strategy, performing energy rectification
type distribution in the bridge legs, and generating common-mode
voltage modulation signals corresponding to the upper bridge arm and the lower bridge arm; the differential mode
voltage modulation signals are combined with differential mode
voltage modulation signals generated by
alternating current side control to generate bridge arm
voltage modulation signals corresponding to the bridge arms; trigger pulses of all sub-modules in the bridge arm of the modular multilevel converter are generated through a modulation method, and controlled adjustment of the energy of the bridge arm is achieved.