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Due to the increasing power of these loads and frequent need for expansion or redundancy, UPS systems are frequently connected in parallel. However, when UPS systems are parallel-connected, two fundamental requirements must be verified: potential circulating currents between the systems must be eliminated and the load power must be distributed between the systems according to UPS systems availability. Moreover, a high-quality load voltage waveform must be permanently ensured. In this paper innovative control strategies are proposed for paralleled UPS systems based on Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control (FCS-MPC). The proposed strategies simultaneously provide: controlled load power distribution, circulating current suppression and a high-quality load voltage waveform. A new dynamic converters deactivation mechanism is proposed. This new technique provides improved overall system efficiency and reduced power switches stress. In this paper, two multilevel based UPS systems are parallel-connected. Each UPS contains two three-level Neutral Point-Clamped-Converters (3LNPC) and a three-level DC-DC converter. The presented experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control strategies in several operating conditions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/en13133453","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,6]],"date-time":"2020-07-06T09:49:11Z","timestamp":1594028951000},"page":"3453","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control for Paralleled Uninterruptible Power Supplies"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9760-1261","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tiago","family":"Oliveira","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, P\u00f3lo 2-Pinhal de Marrocos, P-3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2176-9658","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lu\u00eds","family":"Caseiro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, P\u00f3lo 2-Pinhal de Marrocos, P-3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7529-5670","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andr\u00e9","family":"Mendes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, P\u00f3lo 2-Pinhal de Marrocos, P-3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Coimbra, P\u00f3lo 2-Pinhal de Marrocos, P-3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9651-8925","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"S\u00e9rgio","family":"Cruz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, P\u00f3lo 2-Pinhal de Marrocos, P-3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Coimbra, P\u00f3lo 2-Pinhal de Marrocos, P-3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2845","DOI":"10.1109\/TIE.2008.924173","article-title":"Control of Distributed Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems","volume":"55","author":"Guerrero","year":"2008","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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