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Power Electronics Building Block (PEBB) for Static Conversion Apparatus devoted to Low-Voltage Fed Electric Drives
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Digital Deadbeat and Repetitive Combined Control for a Stand-Alone Four-Leg VSI
No full textThis paper deals with a newly conceived combined control topology. Deadbeat and repetitive controllers are proposed to operate jointly in a four-leg voltage-source inverter for stand-alone applications. In such a mode of operation, a dedicated controller has to regulate the inverter output voltages, which are measured at the output of the power filter. In the proposed combined control, the deadbeat rapidly compensates the output voltage variations due to load changes, whereas the repetitive control provides the required harmonic compensation capabilities that are mandatory to comply with the standards when balanced and unbalanced nonlinear loads have to be fed. As a consequence, high dynamic performance is assured, as well as harmonics in the output voltages are almost absent. In fact, the achieved experimental tests have verified that resulting output voltage total harmonic distortion is around 0.5%, and in the case of highly unbalanced and nonlinear loads, compensating also the distortion introduced by the switches' deadtime. © 1972-2012 IEEE
Medium-Voltage Seven-Level Multiplexed Converter for AC Applications
Full text linkAfter several decades of technological evolution, power electronics applications have become extremely important for electric/hybrid propulsion systems, smart grids, renewable energy systems, energy saving, and bulk energy storage, besides the typical applications in industrial automation and high-efficiency energy systems. In all these applications, a power conversion system with high efficiency and power density is required without sacrificing the system's power quality. The paper describes the specific characteristics and the scalar modulation strategy of a new multi-level multiplexed inverter topology for medium-voltage AC applications. The proposed power converter configuration is intended for high-power applications aiming to reduce the active device's voltage rating and losses exhibiting a resulting low switching frequency of the power switches. The proposed modulation strategy aims to reduce the computational burden and simplify the implementation process, which are at the basis of any possible industrial adoption. Simulation results and full Hardware-In-the-Loop verification support the analysis. The Hardware-In-the-Loop assessment has enabled the development of a suitable modulation strategy, and the testing of the power converter is a safe environment
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