scholarly journals Multivariable Deadbeat Control of Power Electronics Converters with Fast Dynamic Response and Fixed Switching Frequency

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 313
Author(s):  
Jaime A. Rohten ◽  
David N. Dewar ◽  
Pericle Zanchetta ◽  
Andrea Formentini ◽  
Javier A. Muñoz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Response ◽  
Power Systems ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
Current Control ◽  
Renewable Energies ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Switching Frequency ◽  
Control Loop ◽  
Voltage Source Inverters ◽  
Power Electronics Converters

Power converters have turned into a critical and every-day solution for electric power systems. In fact, the incorporation of renewable energies has led towards the constant improvement of power converter topologies and their controls. In this context, over the last 10 years, model predictive control (MPC) is positioned as one the most studied and promising alternatives for power converter control. In voltage source inverters (VSI), MPC has only been applied in the inner current control loop, accelerating and improving its dynamic response, but as mentioned, has been limited only to the current control loop. The fastest of the MPC techniques is the Deadbeat (DB) control, and in this paper, it is proposed to employ DB control on the entire system, therefore accelerating the time response not only for the current loops, but also for voltage loops. At the same time, this avoids overshoots and overpower in order to protect the power converter, leading to the fastest dynamic response according to VSI capabilities. For renewable energies, fast-dynamics entails fast maximum power tracking and therefore, maximizes energy harvesting, or in other words, reduces the losses due to the control dynamics. Thus, this paper gives a clear procedure and key points for designing a DB control for all the variables based on a mathematical model, which is corroborated by simulations and the experimental results.

scholarly journals Efficient FPSoC Prototyping of FCS-MPC for Three-Phase Voltage Source Inverters

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Zafra ◽  
Sergio Vazquez ◽  
Hipolito Guzman Miranda ◽  
Juan A. Sanchez ◽  
Abraham Marquez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Signal Processor ◽  
Computation Time ◽  
Digital Signal ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Switching Frequency ◽  
Digital Controllers ◽  
Voltage Source Inverters ◽  
High Switching Frequency ◽  
Three Phase

This work describes an efficient implementation in terms of computation time and resource usage in a Field-Programmable System-On-Chip (FPSoC) of a Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control (FCS-MPC) algorithm. As an example, the FCS-MPC implementation is used for the current reference tracking of a two-level three-phase power converter. The proposed solution is an enabler for using both complex control algorithms and digital controllers for high switching frequency semiconductor technologies. An original HW/SW (hardware and software) system architecture for an FPSoC is designed to take advantage of a modern operating system, while removing time uncertainty in real-time software tasks, and exploiting dedicated FPGA fabric for the most complex computations. In addition, two different architectures for the FPGA-implemented functionality are proposed and compared in order to study the area-speed trade-off. Experimental results show the feasibility of the proposed implementation, which achieves a speed hundreds of times faster than the conventional Digital Signal Processor (DSP)-based control platform.

scholarly journals A GaN-HEMT Compact Model Including Dynamic RDSon Effect for Power Electronics Converters

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 2092
Author(s):  
Ke Li ◽  
Paul Leonard Evans ◽  
Christopher Mark Johnson ◽  
Arnaud Videt ◽  
Nadir Idir
Keyword(s):  
Power Electronics ◽  
Physical Model ◽  
Order Reduction ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
Compact Model ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Power Losses ◽  
Gan Hemt ◽  
Operation Conditions ◽  
Power Electronics Converters

In order to model GaN-HEMT switching transients and determine power losses, a compact model including dynamic RDSon effect is proposed herein. The model includes mathematical equations to represent device static and capacitance-voltage characteristics, and a behavioural voltage source, which includes multiple RC units to represent different time constants for trapping and detrapping effect from 100 ns to 100 s range. All the required parameters in the model can be obtained by fitting method using a datasheet or experimental characterisation results. The model is then implemented into our developed virtual prototyping software, where the device compact model is co-simulated with a parasitic inductance physical model to obtain the switching waveform. As model order reduction is applied in our software to resolve physical model, the device switching current and voltage waveform can be obtained in the range of minutes. By comparison with experimental measurements, the model is validated to accurately represent device switching transients as well as their spectrum in frequency domain until 100 MHz. In terms of dynamic RDSon value, the mismatch between the model and experimental results is within 10% under different power converter operation conditions in terms of switching frequencies and duty cycles, so designers can use this model to accurately obtain GaN-HEMT power losses due to trapping and detrapping effects for power electronics converters.

scholarly journals Feedback Loop Control Strategies of the Multi Dc Bus Link Voltages Using Adaptive Fuzzy Logic Control

2013 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-151
Author(s):  
Farid Bouchafaa ◽  
Mohamed Seghir Boucherit ◽  
El Madjid Berkouk
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Fuzzy Logic Controller ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Harmonic Distortion ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Switching Frequency ◽  
Pwm Rectifier ◽  
Loop Control ◽  
Multilevel Inverters

Voltage source multilevel inverters have become very attractive for power industries in power electronics applications during last years. The main purposes that have led to the development of the studies about multilevel inverters are the generation of output voltage signals with low harmonic distortion; the reduction of switching frequency. A serious constraint in a multilevel inverter is the capacitor voltage-balancing problem. The unbalance of different DC voltage sources of five-level neutral point clamping (NPC) voltage source inverter (VSI) constitutes the major limitation for the use of this new power converter. In order to stabilize these DC voltages, we propose in this paper to study the cascade constituted by three phases five-level PWM rectifier, a clamping bridge and five-level NPC (VSI). In the first part, we present a topology of five-level NPC VSI, and then they propose a model of this converter and an optimal PWM strategy to control it using four bipolar carriers. Then in the second part, we study a five-level PWM rectifier, which is controlled by a multiband hysteresis strategy. In the last part of this paper, the authors study shows particularly the problem of the stability of the multi DC voltages of the inverter and its consequence on the performances of the induction motors (IM). Then, we propose a solution to the problem by employed closed loop regulation using PI regulator type fuzzy logic controller (FLC). The results obtained with this solution confirm the good performances of the proposed solution, and promise to use the inverter in high voltage and great power applications as electrical traction.

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