This invention discloses a commutation method for a modular multilevel converter in quasi-two-level mode, comprising: determining the commutation stage and output current polarity, identifying the delayed control object, and determining the
operation mode based on the phase
voltage level switching direction; directly executing the operation of the non-delayed control object according to the determined
operation mode and constructing two candidate paths for the delayed control object: direct operation and delayed operation; calculating the
circulating current prediction value and the absolute error with the reference value corresponding to the direct operation and delayed operation respectively, and determining whether the delayed control object should operate directly or delayed based on minimizing the error; introducing a piecewise linear trajectory synthesis fine-tuning
mechanism based on
duty cycle, determining the
delay time of the bridge arm submodule by calculating the
duty cycle, and repeating the steps until the commutation process ends; this invention quickly completes the commutation of the upper and lower bridge arms by adding a
delay, and at the same time, the piecewise linear trajectory synthesis
mechanism based on
duty cycle eliminates the steady-state error caused by the whole-cycle
delay.