scholarly journals A Tool for Evaluating the Performance of SiC-Based Bidirectional Battery Chargers for Automotive Applications

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 6733
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Aiello ◽  
Mario Cacciato ◽  
Francesco Gennaro ◽  
Santi Agatino Rizzo ◽  
Giuseppe Scarcella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design Method ◽  
Block Diagram ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
System Level ◽  
Design And Optimization ◽  
Dual Active Bridge ◽  
System Level Simulation ◽  
Dc Power ◽  
Battery Chargers ◽  
Diagram Design

In this paper, a procedure to simulate an electronic power converter for control design and optimization purposes is proposed. For the addressed application, the converter uses SiC-MOSFET technology in bidirectional battery chargers composed of two power stages. The first stage consists of a single-phase AC/DC power factor correction synchronous rectifier. The following stage is a DC/DC dual active bridge. The converter has been modulated using a phase-shift technique which is able to manage bidirectional power flows. The development of a model-based simulation approach is essential to simplify the different design phases. Moreover, it is also important for the final validation of the control algorithm. A suitable tool consisting of a system-level simulation environment has been adopted. The tool is based on a block diagram design method accomplished using the Simulink toolbox in MATLAB™.

scholarly journals System Level Simulation of Microgrid Power Electronic Systems

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 644
Author(s):  
Michal Frivaldsky ◽  
Jan Morgos ◽  
Michal Prazenica ◽  
Kristian Takacs
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
System Level ◽  
Time Behavior ◽  
Operational Parameters ◽  
System Level Simulation ◽  
Time Operation ◽  
The Impact

In this paper, we describe a procedure for designing an accurate simulation model using a price-wised linear approach referred to as the power semiconductor converters of a DC microgrid concept. Initially, the selection of topologies of individual power stage blocs are identified. Due to the requirements for verifying the accuracy of the simulation model, physical samples of power converters are realized with a power ratio of 1:10. The focus was on optimization of operational parameters such as real-time behavior (variable waveforms within a time domain), efficiency, and the voltage/current ripples. The approach was compared to real-time operation and efficiency performance was evaluated showing the accuracy and suitability of the presented approach. The results show the potential for developing complex smart grid simulation models, with a high level of accuracy, and thus the possibility to investigate various operational scenarios and the impact of power converter characteristics on the performance of a smart gird. Two possible operational scenarios of the proposed smart grid concept are evaluated and demonstrate that an accurate hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) system can be designed.

scholarly journals Estimation of Semiconductor Switching Losses under Hard Switching using Matlab/Simulink Subsystem

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Ivakhno ◽  
Volodymyr V. Zamaruiev ◽  
Olga Ilina
Keyword(s):  
Semiconductor Devices ◽  
Average Power ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
System Level ◽  
Automatic Regulation ◽  
Regulation System ◽  
Matlab Simulink ◽  
Turn On ◽  
System Level Simulation ◽  
Power Switch

AbstractThe conventional tools for the system level simulation of the switch-mode power converters (for example, MATLAB/SIMILINK) allow simulating the behavior of a power converter jointly operating with the control system in a closed automatic regulation system. This simulation tools either represent semiconductor devices as ideal switches or implement the simplest models based on volt-ampere characteristics of standard types of semiconductor devices for conducting loss estimation. This fact makes direct calculation of dynamic power losses in the semiconductor devices impossible. The MATLAB/SIMILINK subsystem that calculates the average power dissipated in the power switch during turn-on and turn-off transition is proposed in this paper. The represented approach used in the subsystem estimates by the means of MATLAB/SIMILINK the values of turn-on and turn-off energies at power switch commutation instances on the base of switching current and voltage measurements and the values of commutation energies given in datasheet on power switch. The simulation results of step-down converter with IGBT and proposed subsystem in MATLAB/SIMULINK were compared with the calculation results obtained in Semisel

scholarly journals Optimal Conversion of DC-DC Converter Considered Optimal Switching Time and Optimal Switching Mode of PWM by Fuzzy based PID Tuning

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1785-1790
Keyword(s):  
Pid Controller ◽  
Fuzzy Controller ◽  
Switching Time ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
Optimal Switching ◽  
Tuning Method ◽  
Pid Tuning ◽  
Dc Power ◽  
Switching Mode

This paper deals with design method of fuzzy controller for improving efficiency of DC-DC power converter. To design optimal control by fuzzy, this paper introduces optimal switching time and optimal switching mode of PWM. DC-DC Power converter is one of energy conversion device to transfer DC input source to DC output. When they transfer DC to DC, they have been using PID controller or fuzzy controller. Therefore, the efficiency of DC conversion strongly depends on PID parameter. Some papers illustrate tuning method of PID controller for this but have not been mentioning about the switching time and switching mode that can influence on the efficiency of DC-DC conversion. This paper suggests effective DC-DC conversion method by means of introducing switching time and switching mode into fuzzy based PID tuning

scholarly journals Measuring Current in a Power Converter Using Fuzzy Automatic Gain Control

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 5793
Author(s):  
Bartosz Dominikowski
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Fuzzy Controller ◽  
Automatic Gain Control ◽  
Gain Control ◽  
Measurement Range ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
Current Measurement ◽  
Dc Power ◽  
Programmable Gain ◽  
Electric Loads

The accuracy of current measurements can be increased by appropriate amplification of the signal to within the measurement range. Accurate current measurement is important for energy monitoring and in power converter control systems. Resistance and inductive current transducers are used to measure the major current in AC/DC power converters. The output value of the current transducer depends on the load motor, and changes across the whole measurement range. Modern current measurement circuits are equipped with operational amplifiers with constant or programmable gain. These circuits are not able to measure small input currents with high resolution. This article proposes a precise loop gain system that can be implemented with various algorithms. Computer analysis of various automatic gain control (AGC) systems proved the effectiveness of the Mamdani controller, which was implemented in an MCU (microprocessor). The proposed fuzzy controller continuously determines the value of the conversion factor. The system also enables high resolution measurements of the current emitted from small electric loads (≥1 A) when the electric motor is stationary.

scholarly journals EMC Component Modeling and System-Level Simulations of Power Converters: AC Motor Drives

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1568
Author(s):  
Bernhard Wunsch ◽  
Stanislav Skibin ◽  
Ville Forsström ◽  
Ivica Stevanovic
Keyword(s):  
Power Converters ◽  
Filter Design ◽  
Magnetic Coupling ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
System Level ◽  
Noise Propagation ◽  
Ac Motor ◽  
Input Side ◽  
Indispensable Tool ◽  
Set Up

EMC simulations are an indispensable tool to analyze EMC noise propagation in power converters and to assess the best filtering options. In this paper, we first show how to set up EMC simulations of power converters and then we demonstrate their use on the example of an industrial AC motor drive. Broadband models of key power converter components are reviewed and combined into a circuit model of the complete power converter setup enabling detailed EMC analysis. The approach is demonstrated by analyzing the conducted noise emissions of a 75 kW power converter driving a 45 kW motor. Based on the simulations, the critical impedances, the dominant noise propagation, and the most efficient filter component and location within the system are identified. For the analyzed system, maxima of EMC noise are caused by resonances of the long motor cable and can be accurately predicted as functions of type, length, and layout of the motor cable. The common-mode noise at the LISN is shown to have a dominant contribution caused by magnetic coupling between the noisy motor side and the AC input side of the drive. All the predictions are validated by measurements and highlight the benefit of simulation-based EMC analysis and filter design.

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