| Abstract: | Control strategy of a cascaded multilevel converter based electrical power transformer (EPT) in a distribution system with capabilities of low voltage ride‐through and unbalanced load current management is investigated in this study. The mathematical model and decoupled control schemes of the system, including a high‐voltage side control scheme, an isolation‐stage control scheme, and a low‐voltage side control scheme, are presented in detail. A dual current control scheme is introduced to control both positive and negative sequence currents for enhancing the low voltage ride‐through capability of the high‐voltage side cascaded H‐bridge converter. Positive, negative, and zero‐sequence voltages are controlled for the low voltage side three‐phase four‐wire converter in the decoupled control scheme, respectively, for unbalanced load current management. A proportional resonant controller (PRC) is utilized to control the zero‐sequence voltage, while the root locus method is applied in the PRC design. Three‐dimensional space vector pulse width modulation (PWM) switching strategy is then used for the low voltage side converter. Simulation studies were conducted with MATLAB/Simulink to validate the coordinated control strategy. © 2016 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
