Adaptive repetitive control of PWM inverters for very low THDAC-voltage regulation with unknown loads

An adaptive repetitive control scheme is proposed and applied to the control of a pulsewidth-modulated (PWM) inverter used in a high-performance AC power supply. The proposed control scheme can adaptively eliminate periodic distortions caused by unknown periodic load disturbances in an AC power supply. The proposed adaptive repetitive controller consists of a voltage regulator using state feedback control, a repetitive controller with tuning parameters and an adaptive controller with a recursive least-squares estimator (LSE). This adaptive repetitive controller designed for AC voltage regulation has been realized using a single-chip digital signal processor (DSP) TMS320C14 from Texas Instruments. Experimental verification has been carried out on a 2 kVA PWM inverter. Simulation and experimental results show that the DSP-based adaptive repetitive controller can achieve both good dynamic response and low total harmonic distortion (THD) under large-load disturbances and uncertainties     

Zero tracking error controller for three-phase CVCF PWM inverter

A zero tracking error control scheme for three-phase CVCF PWM inverters is proposed. The proposed scheme uses repetitive controller (RC) to force output line voltages to track a sinusoidal reference signal with zero error. Minimised voltage distortion and a fast response are obtained. The validity of the proposed scheme has been verified by simulations     

Digital repetitive learning controller for three-phase CVCF PWMinverter

In this paper, a plug-in digital repetitive leaning control scheme is proposed for three-phase constant-voltage constant-frequency (CVCF) pulsewidth modulation inverters to achieve high-quality sinusoidal output voltages. In the proposed control scheme, the repetitive controller (RC) is plugged into the stable one-sampling-ahead-preview-controlled three-phase CVCF inverter system using only two voltage sensors. The RC is designed to eliminate periodic disturbance and/or track periodic reference signal with zero tracking error, The design theory of plug-in repetitive learning controller is described systematically and the stability analysis or overall system is discussed. The merits of the controlled systems include features of minimized total harmonic distortion, robustness to parameter uncertainties, fast response, and fewer sensors. Simulation and experimental results are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme     

Discrete sliding-mode control of a PWM inverter for sinusoidaloutput waveform synthesis with optimal sliding curve

This paper presents a discrete sliding-mode control scheme with feedforward compensation for the closed-loop regulation of the pulse-width modulated (PWM) inverter used in an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). The proposed feedforward controller can effectively improve the tracking performance of the PWM inverter. In designing the sliding-mode controller, we have taken load disturbance into consideration to enhance the robustness of the PWM inverter. Moreover, the upper bound of the load disturbance under which the sliding condition can be maintained has also been derived. The sliding curve of the sliding-mode controller is designed such that the behavior of the controlled PWM inverter is optimal subject to the selected cost function. Due to the coordinate transformation proposed in this paper, only the output voltage needs to be measured as feedback for the purpose of closed-loop regulation. Simulation and experimental results are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme     

Deadbeat controlled PWM inverter with parameter estimation usingonly voltage sensor

A technique based on deadbeat control theory is proposed to obtain a nearly sinusoidal PWM (pulsewidth-modulated) inverter output voltage using only a voltage sensor. The closed loop sampled-data feedback scheme inherently results in very fast response to load disturbance and nonlinear load, producing low total harmonic distortion. Parameter estimation of the plant provides a type of self-tuning of the proposed controller. A theoretical analysis, simulation, and experimental results are presented for a single-phase PWM inverter controlled by an Intel 8086 microprocessor     

一种高性能的三相逆变电源波形控制策略

恒频恒压(CVCF)逆变电源的输出电压波形质量是衡量其性能的重要指标之一。文章采用一种重复控制和双闭环控制相结合的电压波形控制策略,以重复控制器提高逆变电源输出电压的稳态精度,减小总谐波畸变率;以双闭环控制器达到较快的动态响应速度。该方案在一台采用TMS320F240DSP控制芯片的50Hz三相PWM逆变器上得到验证。     

Finite control set predictive control of shunt hybrid power filter

This paper proposes a finite control set predictive control (FCS-PC) scheme for the shunt hybrid power filter (SHPF) to reduce the power loss while maintaining satisfactory power quality at the utility’s grid terminals. By means of the instantaneous power theory, the controller for the proposed method can generate the reference voltage for the SHPF voltage source inverter (VSI) for the future sampling time. Therefore, during a sampling time, the vector of the reference voltage is compared with the finite number of voltage vectors existent in the VSI to select the vector that best fits the cost function of the controller. The proposed method, compared with the conventional pulse width modulation (PWM) carrier method, has the capability of suppressing similarly the harmonic currents at grid terminals and controlling VSI DC-link voltage while maintaining low switching frequencies in the devices. This method shows simplicity in digital implementation because it does not need a PWM block to obtain the VSI gating signals. In addition, a comparison of the proposed FCS-PC method with the conventional carrier-based PWM method is presented and discussed. Parameter errors in the controller are studied and their effects on system performance are explained. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated with simulation and experimental results during steady-state operation and transient response of the system.     

Design and implementation of an FPGA-based control IC forAC-voltage regulation

This paper presents a field-programmable gate army (FPGA)-based control integrated circuit (IC) for controlling the pulsewidth modulation (PWM) inverters used in power conditioning systems for AC-voltage regulation. We also propose a multiple-loop control scheme for this PWM inverter control IC to achieve sinusoidal voltage regulation under large load variations. The control scheme is simple in architecture and thus facilitates realization of the proposed digital controller for the PWM inverter using the FPGA-based circuit design approach. Bit-length effect of the digital PWM inverter controller has also been examined in this paper. The designed PWM inverter control IC has been realized using a single FPGA XC4005 from Xilinx Inc., which can be used as a coprocessor with a general-purpose microprocessor in application of AC-voltage regulation. Owing to the high-speed nature of FPGA, the sampling frequency of the constructed IC can be raised up to the range that cannot be reached using a conventional digital controller based merely on microcontrollers or a digital signal processor (DSP). Experimental results show the designed PWM inverter control IC using the proposed control scheme can achieve good voltage regulation against large load variations     

Three-phase series VAr compensation based on a voltage-controlledcurrent source inverter with supplemental modulation index control

Shunt-type static VAr compensators have been shown to be an effective means of increasing the transmission capability of power systems and of increasing the power factor of industrial loads. This paper presents an alternative to the shunt connection consisting of a series-connected transformer-coupled pulsewidth modulation (PWM) inverter. The scheme consists of a current source inverter (CSI) fed from a self-controlled DC current bus and presents the following features: (1) instantaneous series injected voltage control through online PWM of the DC link current; and (2) steady-state modulation index of the PWM pattern near unity through DC link current minimization. The first feature results in fast dynamic response, while the second feature ensures low and fixed injected voltage harmonic distortion and reduced steady-state compensator losses. Operation of the compensator and of the two-loop control scheme are presented. Simulation and experimental results on a 2 kVA laboratory prototype unit confirm the feasibility of the proposed VAr compensator structure     

UPS inverter design using discrete-time sliding-mode control scheme

This paper presents a novel discrete-time sliding-mode control algorithm for an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) inverter design. The approach offers a dual-loop design, in which a current predictor utilizes the tracking error of output voltage to estimate the desired inductor current, while a current controller is adopted to regulate the inductor current and, thus, produces a control command to the pulsewidth modulation inverter. An explicit condition for stable controller design is derived. The efficacy of this scheme is validated via a successful implementation on a digital-signal-processor-based UPS inverter. The proposed scheme has shown its robustness on low output voltage distortion, excellent voltage regulation, and it is insensitive to load variation, even under nonlinear loads. Experimental studies were performed to further validate the effectiveness of this scheme     

基于重复控制和无差拍控制的逆变电源数字控制技术研究

随着DSP技术的发展，数字控制在逆变电源控制领域的应用受到人们的关注。逆变电源中因非线性负载等因素引起的干扰具有周期性，而这些干扰导致输出波形的畸变具有重复性，采用重复控制策略可以消除输出电压谐波，但该控制方法的动态响应慢。无差拍控制具有瞬时响应快，精度高等特点。文中将重复控制和无差拍控制相结合用于逆变电源数字控制系统中，得到更为完善的逆变电源控制策略。仿真结果表明，由该方法设计的控制器用于逆变电源系统具有输出波形好，动态响应快，适应负载的能力强等优点。     

重复控制在IGBT逆变电源中的应用

为了有效解决由非线性负载和死区等因素引起的输出波形畸变问题,提高稳态控制精度,研究并实现了基于重复控制算法的单相逆变电源。研究工作主要集中在建立单相逆变电源的数学模型和状态方程;分析重复控制器的基础理论和稳定性,详细讨论周期延时环节、超前环节、补偿环节的陷波器、二阶低通滤波器等各组成部分的设计方案,总结出工程实用的重复控制器设计步骤;利用MATLAB/Simulink进行建模和仿真分析;对控制系统的核心算法使用基于模型的设计方法,直接生成C代码;最终在3KVA的单相IGBT逆变电源实验样机上进行算法验证。实验结果表明该方案的有效性和可行性。     

High efficiency, unity power factor VVVF drive system of aninduction motor

A high-efficiency, unity-power-factor VVVF (variable voltage, variable frequency) drive scheme for an induction motor is presented. A unity-power-factor PWM (pulsewidth modulated) converter regulates DC voltage. An inverter circuit with the magnetic flux control PWM method generates VVVF PWM waveforms. The modulation factor of the inverter PWM control with controllable DC link DC voltage is studied. As a result, the distortion factor and the switching frequency are reduced by over-modulation with low DC link voltage. A high-efficiency and unity-power-factor VVVF induction motor drive has been achieved using the control strategy     

Fuzzy-tuning current-vector control of a three-phase PWM inverterfor high-performance AC drives

This paper proposes a new discrete fuzzy-tuning current-vector control (FTC) scheme for three-phase pulsewidth modulation (PWM) inverters. The proposed current control scheme can achieve fast transient responses and, at the same time, have very low total harmonic distortion in output current during steady-state operation. The proposed FTC scheme generates quasi-optimum PWM patterns by using a closed-loop control technique with instantaneous current feedback. The proposed FTC scheme has been realized using a single-chip digital signal processor (TMS320C14) from Texas Instruments. Experimental results are given to verify the proposed fuzzy-tuning current control strategy for three-phase PWM inverters     

New current control concept-minimum time current control in thethree-phase PWM converter

In this paper, a new current controller that guarantees the fastest transient response is proposed. The basic concept is to find the optimal control voltage for tracking the reference current with minimum time under the voltage limit constraint. Though this minimum time control concept is also applicable to all the machine drive systems, this paper focuses on the current regulation in the three-phase pulse width modulation (PWM) converter. In the simulation and experimental results, it is observed that the proposed controller has much less transient time than the conventional synchronous PI regulator and the performance of the DC link voltage control is also greatly improved with the proposed current controller     

Sliding-mode control in voltage source inverter-based higher-order circuits

In this article, a new control methodology of sliding-mode control (SMC) for voltage source inverter (VSI)-based higher-order circuit is proposed. In this method, the SMC is used at the inner terminals for stable tracking of the voltage and current variables. An outer voltage control loop is included to reduce the steady-state error in tracking the reference load voltage. It is shown that when the SMC is applied on the load voltage terminal for higher-order VSI circuits, it leads to the instability. However, it well stabilises the system when the controller is implemented on the inner shunt capacitor terminals. Additional outer voltage control loop with proportional plus integral controller will ensure regulated voltage across the load. It has been shown that the controller is able to achieve good tracking accuracy with an acceptable stability margins. The performance of the proposed SMC has been verified on the fourth-order VSI circuit.     

Plug-In Dual-Mode-Structure Repetitive Controller for CVCF PWM Inverters

Repetitive control (RC) is found to be a high-performance control scheme for constant-voltage constant-frequency (CVCF) pulsewidth-modulated (PWM) converters to eliminate output total harmonic distortion. In this paper, a dual-mode-structure RC (DMRC) is proposed to further improve the control performance of RC. The proposed DMRC controller comprises of two paralleled periodic signal generators: an odd-harmonic one and an even-harmonic one. Without additional complexity and loss of tracking accuracy, DMRC can achieve a faster error convergence rate than the conventional RC does. Moreover, the tracking accuracy of DMRC is higher than that of odd-harmonic RC. In the presence of nonlinear load disturbances and parameter uncertainties, an application example of a DMRC-controlled single-phase PWM inverter is provided to evaluate the proposed DMRC scheme. Systematical experimental results show the effectiveness and superior advantages of the DMRC approach.      

A discretized current control technique with delayed input voltagefeedback for a voltage-fed PWM inverter

A current control technique for a voltage-fed PWM inverter is presented. The discretized state equation of an inverter and a load independent of operating conditions with the delayed input voltage feedback has been derived using the averaging concept. The discretized current controller is proposed to reduce the current error as fast as possible using the deadbeat control strategy and to stabilize the closed loop system asymptotically when the variations of load parameters are given in the predetermined stabilized region. This proposed control scheme is realized by the symmetrical uniform sampling method and is easily implemented using a microprocessor-based system. Computer simulation for the proposed controller has been carried out and the results show good static and dynamic performances     

单相UPS逆变控制技术研究

为了进一步提高UPS(Uninterrupted Power Supply)输出的动态和稳态性能，介绍了一种采用电流环做内环的双环控制技术，实现了对负载电流扰动的解耦。同时为了补偿输入电压的不稳定，采用输入电压前馈控制。文中就提到的控制方法分别进行了时域和频域仿真分析，并以DSP(TMS320LF2407)为控制芯片进行了实验验证，结果显示逆变器输出电压在恶劣的负载条件下波形畸变很小。     

Performance evaluation of an FPGA controlled soft switched inverter

A field programmable gate array (FPGA) based controller is proposed for a dc link series resonant inverter. The basic operation of the zero current switching inverter is briefly described. A strategy of decoupling the control of the dc link current from the load current is identified and referred as decoupled current control (DCC). The use of gate-controlled devices like metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor/insulated gate bipolar transistor/MOS-controlled thyristor permits a higher resonance frequency at the link of the inverter. The increased frequency enables the application of pulse density modulation technique with a bang-bang controller to synthesise and control the wave-shapes of current and voltage of the inverter. The DCC strategy eliminates the conventional analogue controller. A digital sequence controller has been designed using the state machine technique for the reliable operation of the inverter. The digital design is implemented on a single chip FPGA. To verify the proposed control strategy and the FPGA controller, a prototype has been built and tested. The test results show that a sinusoidal inverter output voltage is maintained with total harmonic distortion less than 5% and a regulation of about 1% from no-load to full-load, including non-linear and transient loads. The performance of the inverter with the FPGA controller is promising and attractive for uninterrupted power supply applications.