Output Impedance Design of Parallel-Connected UPS Inverters With Wireless Load-Sharing Control

This paper deals with the design of the output impedance of uninterruptible power system (UPS) inverters with parallel-connection capability. In order to avoid the need for any communication among modules, the power-sharing control loops are based on the$P/Q$droop method. Since in these systems the power-sharing accuracy is highly sensitive to the inverters output impedance, novel control loops to achieve both stable output impedance and proper power balance are proposed. In this sense, a novel wireless controller is designed by using three nested loops: 1) the inner loop is performed by using feedback linearization control techniques, providing a good quality output voltage waveform; 2) the intermediate loop enforces the output impedance of the inverter, achieving good harmonic power sharing while maintaining low output voltage total harmonic distortion; and 3) the outer loop calculates the output active and reactive powers and adjusts the output impedance value and the output voltage frequency during the load transients, obtaining excellent power sharing without deviations in either the frequency or the amplitude of the output voltage. Simulation and experimental results are reported from a parallel-connected UPS system sharing linear and nonlinear loads.     

A boost DC-AC converter: analysis, design, and experimentation

This paper proposes a new voltage source inverter (VSI) referred to as a boost inverter or boost DC-AC converter. The main attribute of the new inverter topology is the fact that it generates an AC output voltage larger than the DC input one, depending on the instantaneous duty cycle. This property is not found in the classical VSI, which produces an AC output instantaneous voltage always lower than the DC input one. For the purpose of optimizing the boost inverter dynamics, while ensuring correct operation in any working condition, a sliding mode controller is proposed. The main advantage of the sliding mode control over the classical control schemes is its robustness for plant parameter variations, which leads to invariant dynamics and steady-state response in the ideal case. Operation, analysis, control strategy, and experimental results are included in this paper. The new inverter is intended to be used in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and AC driver systems design whenever an AC voltage larger than the DC link voltage is needed, with no need of a second power conversion stage     

基于Simulink库仿真的单相逆变电源调节器设计

基于Simulink库研究了采用SPWM波控制的单相逆变器双闭环PID调节器的建模与仿真。本系统在Simulink库中模拟产生SPWM波形,并建立了在理想状态下的整流和逆变电路,提出通过电压均值环和电压瞬时环双环控制来对输出电压进行调节。将此建模思想移植到10K模块化单相UPS电源上,控制精度和准度,均能达到预期效果。     

Design method of single-phase inverters for UPS systems

This article presents the complete design of a low power voltage source inverter (VSI) dedicated for a UPS system. The analysis of the rectangular PWM-AC voltage spectrum allows for a choice of the basic architecture of the inverter. Output filter parameters were calculated to reduce the maximum amplitude of the output VSI voltage harmonics for the steady-state inverter mode. The choice of the feedback loop type was based on a discussion of the inverter output impedance using a continuous model of the inverter. The parameters of the inner loop digital control for the discrete inverter model were calculated using the Coefficient Diagram Method. The influence of the step load was modelled. The time constant of the inverter closed loop system was selected to ensure sufficient system robustness. An outer feedback loop with a plug-in repetitive controller, simplified owing to the properties of the PID/CDM inner loop control, was introduced to eliminate the periodic disturbances generated by the non-linear rectifier load and the deadtime influence. The experimental verification of the design method is presented.     

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     

Discrete pulse modulation strategies for high-frequency invertersystems

High-performance, high-frequency inverter systems for UPS (uninterruptible power system) applications cannot be easily realized using conventional hard-switched PWM inverter topologies. Adoption of typical soft-switched inverters such as the resonant DC link inverter, require the use of discrete pulse modulation strategies. New controller structures are necessary to cope with stringent voltage regulation and distortion constraints in the presence of unbalanced and nonlinear loads. A controller that utilizes a load current feedforward strategy with a cost function current regulator to achieve excellent transient performance characteristics is presented. Voltage regulation is ensured using a synchronous frame regulator. Detailed simulation and experimental results verifying the concepts are presented. Although this work focuses on soft-switching inverters, the control concepts can be applied to conventional hard-switching inverters as well     

A Wide-Range Active and Reactive Power Flow Controller for a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Power Conditioning System

A wide-range active and reactive power flow controller is designed to operate the inverter in pure leading, pure lagging, and the mix with active and reactive power conditions. The key to achieving lagging power flow control is to ensure sufficiently high enough dc bus voltage to avoid duty cycle saturation. The key to achieving precision power flow control for a wide range of power level is to adopt the quasi-proportional resonant controller for the current loop and the admittance compensator to cancel the grid-voltage-induced negative power flow. In this paper, the current loop transfer function has been systematically derived for the controller design purpose. Phasor analysis was adopted to explain the need of dc bus voltage requirement. A 5-kVA grid-tie fuel cell inverter was used as the platform to show current loop controller design and admittance compensation. The proposed controller has been simulated, and the same parameters have been used for a DSP-based controller. Both simulation and hardware experimental results agree well with the theoretical analysis.      

基于坐标变换的间隙性功率并网系统解耦控制与设计

针对逆变器电流环的有功电流和无功电流存在耦合的情况,文中采用电流的解耦控制,达到独立控制逆变器的有功功率和无功功率;针对逆变器直流侧电压容易波动,文中采用双环控制,稳定逆变器直流侧的电压。搭建了MA-TALAB/SIMULINK系统仿真实验平台,通过间歇性能源输入逆变器功率变化的实验,验证了该逆变器能独立控制输出的有功功率和无功功率,并且保证了直流侧电压的稳定。     

两种逆变器双环反馈控制技术分析与比较

为了提高逆变器的稳定性和供电质量,文中介绍了一种基于极点配置的逆变器瞬时电压电流PI控制器的设计方法,建立了系统模型,比较分析了基于电感电流反馈控制和基于电容电流反馈控制技术。仿真结果表明,基于电感电流电压双环控制技术具有较好的输出特性。     

Current Weighting Distribution Control Strategy for Multi-Inverter Systems to Achieve Current Sharing

A current-weighting-distribution-control (CWDC) strategy for multi-inverter systems to achieve current sharing is presented in this paper. With a CWDC strategy, the inverters connected in parallel are allowed to have different power ratings and can achieve a weighted output current distribution by adding only simple circuits to each inverter. In such systems, each inverter has an outer voltage loop controller to govern system stability, an inner current loop controller to expedite dynamic response, and a weighting current controller to achieve current distribution and to reduce possible interactive effects among inverters. Experimental results from a two-inverter system and a three-inverter system have demonstrated the feasibility of the proposed strategy in weighting current distribution and fast regulation during a step-load change or hot-swap operation     

Microprocessor based robust digital control for UPS withthree-phase PWM inverter

This paper describes a novel method of robust (insensitive to system parameter variations and load current changes) and fast digital control for an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) with a three-phase PWM inverter. The purpose of this paper is to propose a method by which characteristics better than those by conventional methods are obtained using an algorithm simpler than that of conventional methods. The experiments show that the purpose is achieved and the proposed method offers a total harmonic distortion of 0.6% of the output voltage waveform at a full nonlinear load. The analysis shows that the stability of the method is sufficient. Three features of the method are: (a) a capacitor current observer for stabilization and a disturbance observer for robustness are used to compensate the time lag by the computation and the disturbances, in a minor loop of the capacitor current through an inductor-capacitor filter of the inverter; (b) new models of the inverter and the disturbances are established to simplify these observers; and (c) the output voltage control loop can be designed easily and exactly because the minor loop realizes a rapid and robust control of the current     

3C strategy for inverters in parallel operation achieving an equalcurrent distribution

A circular chain control (3C) strategy for inverters in parallel operation is presented in the paper. In the proposed inverter system, all the modules have the same circuit configuration, and each module includes an inner current loop and an outer voltage loop control. A proportional-integral controller is adopted as the inner current loop controller to expedite the dynamic response, while an H^∞ robust controller is adopted to reach the robustness of the multimodule inverter system and to reduce possible interactive effects among inverters. With the 3C strategy, the modules are in circular chain connection and each module has an inner current loop control to track the inductor current of its previous module, achieving an equal current distribution. Simulation results of two-module and a three-module inverter systems with different kinds of loads and with modular discrepancy have demonstrated the feasibility of the proposed control scheme. Hardware measurements are also presented to verify the theoretical discussion     

三相四线制无功与谐波全补偿的并联有源电力滤波器的研究

简要分析了并联有源电力滤波器的工作原理,选取含有裂相电容的三桥臂电压源型逆变器作为系统主电路,输出电流采用动态滞环控制。针对三相四线系统,且考虑到电网电压畸变和不对称的情况,给出了一种基于瞬时功率理论实现无功功率和谐波全补偿的控制策略,并使用Matlab对系统进行了仿真。     

三相四线制无功与谐波全补偿的并联有源电力滤波器的研究

简要分析了并联有源电力滤波器的工作原理，选取含有裂相电容的三桥臂电压源型逆变器作为系统主电路，输出电流采用动态滞环控制。针对三相四线系统，且考虑到电网电压畸变和不对称的情况，给出了一种基于瞬时功率理论实现无功功率和谐波全补偿的控制策略，并使用Matlab对系统进行了仿真。     

An improved control algorithm of shunt active filter for voltageregulation, harmonic elimination, power-factor correction, and balancingof nonlinear loads

This paper deals with an implementation of a new control algorithm for a three-phase shunt active filter to regulate load terminal voltage, eliminate harmonics, correct supply power-factor, and balance the nonlinear unbalanced loads. A three-phase insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) based current controlled voltage source inverter (CC-VSI) with a DC bus capacitor is used as an active filter (AF). The control algorithm of the AF uses two closed loop PI controllers. The DC bus voltage of the AF and three-phase supply voltages are used as feedback signals in the PI controllers. The control algorithm of the AF provides three-phase reference supply currents. A carrier wave pulse width modulation (PWM) current controller is employed over the reference and sensed supply currents to generate gating pulses of IGBTs of the AF. Test results are presented and discussed to demonstrate the voltage regulation, harmonic elimination, power-factor correction and load balancing capabilities of the AF system     

DSP control of high-power UPS systems feeding nonlinear loads

Many facilities, such as patient health care centers, data processing systems, and critical telecommunication links, rely on uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) to maintain a continuous supply of power in case of a line outage. In addition to requiring continuous power, many critical nonlinear loads are sensitive to incoming line transients and input harmonic voltage distortion. Conventional UPS systems operate to protect against such disturbances using complex filtering schemes, often employing large passive components. This paper presents the advantages of using real time digital signal processing (DSP) control of UPS systems. A DSP controlled UPS inverter and harmonic conditioning system is described and the performance is verified on a 150 kVA system     

Direct Power Control of Active Filters With Averaged Switching Frequency Regulation

This paper has developed a direct power control (DPC) structure to improve the performance of an active filter. A control algorithm directly uses the instantaneous power terms as control variables to replace the current and voltage variables that are commonly used in proportional-integral (PI) control systems. Compared to the other DPC schemes that have been reported so far, the proposed algorithm is oriented to harmonic current compensation, for which the switching functions are redefined, the bandwidths of the two hysteresis comparators are dynamically adjusted, and consequently, the pulsewidth modulation (PWM) switching frequencies are regulated to eliminate the unnecessary short switching pulses, and the control system can be used directly and effectively for various types of nonlinear load compensation. With the proposed control scheme, full control of the active filter, including the line current and the dc bus voltage, can be realized within an integrated power control loop. The advantages of the proposed control strategy have been verified by simulation and experimental results on a 2-kVA laboratory prototype.      

Digital Control of Three-Phase Series-Parallel Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems

In this paper, a new digital deadbeat controller is designed, implemented, and applied to a three-phase series-parallel line-interactive uninterruptible power supply (UPS). This kind of UPS system provides input power factor correction, output voltage conditioning, and high efficiency. The objective of the controller is to achieve deadbeat dynamic response for the parallel and series converters. The proposed controller adjusts the current of the parallel converter and voltage of the series converter with two and four sampling periods, respectively. A reduced-parts topology is also introduced that has less number of power electronics components as well as switching functions. The power flow of the system in the presence of current and voltage harmonics is discussed. Simulation and experimental results are presented, which show the viability of the proposed controller for this topology.     

Distributed Control for UPS Modules in Parallel Operation With RMS Voltage Regulation

A novel distributed control for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) modules in parallel operation is proposed in this paper, in which the voltage reference synchronization control and load current distribution control are decoupled by a local feedback. The voltage reference is presynchronized beyond the current distribution control with a microcontroller unit and a wired-and circuit. Both instantaneous current distribution and hot swapping of any module are allowed with all the UPS modules electrically isolated. The transfer function of the circulating current regulator is analyzed and equivalent to a first-order low-pass filter. The control characteristics of the root-mean-square voltage regulator (RMSVR) in each UPS module in parallel operation are researched, as well as the coupling effect between the RMSVR and the load balance performance. The RMSVR's impact on current distribution is compensated by introducing the amplitude of the output current or the circulating current into the amplitude adjustment of the sinusoidal voltage reference signal. As a result, both the current sharing and the output-voltage performance of the whole system are effectively improved. Theoretical analysis and experimental results are provided to demonstrate the validity and feasibility of the proposed control.      

Interfacing Renewable Energy Sources to the Utility Grid Using a Three-Level Inverter

This paper presents a novel approach for the connection of renewable energy sources to the utility grid. Due to the increasing power capability of the available generation systems, a three-level three-phase neutral-point-clamped voltage-source inverter is selected as the heart of the interfacing system. A multivariable control law is used for the regulator because of the intrinsic multivariable structure of the system. A current source (playing the role of a generic renewable energy source) is connected to the grid using a three-level inverter in order to verify the good performance of the proposed approach. Large- and small-signal d-q state-space averaged models of the system are obtained and used to calculate the multivariable controller based on the linear quadratic regulator technique. This controller simultaneously regulates the dc-link voltage (to operate at the maximum power point of the renewable energy source), the mains power factor (the power is delivered to the grid at unity power factor), and the dc-link neutral-point voltage balance. With the model and regulator presented, a specific switching strategy to control the dc-link neutral-point voltage is not required. The proposed controller can be used for any application, since its nature makes possible the control of any system variable. The good performance of the presented interfacing solution in both steady-state and transient operation is verified through simulation and experimentation using a 1-kW neutral-point-clamped voltage-source-inverter prototype, where a PC-embedded digital signal processor board is used for the controller implementation