{"title":"Grid Integration of a Reduced Switching Loss Single-Source Boost Multilevel Inverter with Independent Control of Power Transfer and DC-Link Voltage","authors":"Anurag Priyadarshi, Pratik Kumar Kar, S. Karanki","doi":"10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479032","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a closed-loop control architecture of a grid-tied single-source multilevel inverter (MLI) with reduced switching loss, to control the DC-link as well as the power supplied to the utility system. The converter topology utilizes a diode-capacitor ladder network to facilitate a number of inherently-balanced voltages, which resolves the predominant constraint of MLIs having several separate dc sources. Furthermore, zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) is achieved for the solitary high-frequency switch, which mitigates the switching losses. High-frequency operation of the switch facilitates the reduced components size resulting in less cost and weight of the converter. An experimental set up for closed-loop control of the hardware prototype of the proposed converter has been developed. The performance of the grid-connected MLI is evaluated in various real-time conditions and the experimental results are presented.","PeriodicalId":145366,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 12th Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition - Asia (ECCE-Asia)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132574780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrated Inductors Design for GaN-Based ZVS Bridgeless Single-SEPIC PFC","authors":"Yunfeng Liu, O. Ziwei, M. Andersen","doi":"10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479440","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the zero voltage switching (ZVS) and magnetic inductor integration for the single-phase bridgeless Single-SEPIC PFC. Firstly, The operation principles for the proposed SEPIC PFC with ZVS turn-on capability have been researched. Then, an E-I-E magnetic geometry has been applied to integrate all three inductors of the proposed bridgeless Single-SEPIC PFC (two input inductors and one output side inductor) into one magnetic core. The analysis of the magnetic reluctance model of the E-I-E core and the design procedure of the integrated inductor is introduced. The integrated inductors reduce the total ferrite volume and make the converter more compact. Finally, the experiment result of a 300W bridgeless single-SEPIC PFC prototype verifies the correctness of the theoretical analysis and design method.","PeriodicalId":145366,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 12th Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition - Asia (ECCE-Asia)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133617739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Power Distribution Control between Cells with Imbalanced Load for Modular Multilevel Multiport Converter","authors":"T. Yasuda, Jun-ichi Itoh, G. Guidi","doi":"10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479109","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a balancing control method for load imbalance in one arm of a multiport converter based on a modular multilevel converter (MMC) topology. In the multiport converter with load imbalance, a balanced three-phase current is achieved thanks to power distribution control. However, the multiport converter has a limitation on the amount of load imbalance that can be compensated. This paper derives the theoretical limitation of the compensation capabilities using the proposed balance control for the load imbalance. The proposed control method is demonstrated by simulation, showing that balanced three-phase grid current is obtained in spite of the load imbalance and that the DC link voltage error is limited to 1.4%. In addition, simulation and experimental results clarify that the proposed controller has larger compensation capability for the load imbalance compared to the conventional control strategy.","PeriodicalId":145366,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 12th Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition - Asia (ECCE-Asia)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133771028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
De'an Wang, Jiantao Zhang, Zhi Bie, S. Cui, Kai Song, Chunbo Zhu
{"title":"A Novel Lightweight Design of UUV Underwater Wireless Power Transfer System by Utilizing Fe-Based Nanocrystalline Material","authors":"De'an Wang, Jiantao Zhang, Zhi Bie, S. Cui, Kai Song, Chunbo Zhu","doi":"10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479041","url":null,"abstract":"The underwater wireless charging technology provides a feasible way to solve the problem of traditional power supply method of unmanned underwater vehicle. In this paper, an arc-shaped underwater wireless charging magnetic coupling mechanism is proposed, which is suitable for the curved shell of unmanned underwater vehicles. Different from the traditional wireless charging magnetic coupling mechanism, the proposed mechanism uses Fe-based nanocrystalline alloy soft magnetic material as the magnetic core. Compared with the traditional Mn-Zn ferrite material, both volume and weight of the receiver are reduced. A prototype of underwater wireless power transfer system of 320mm diameter is built, and transferred 3kW in the experiment with a 93.88% AC-DC efficiency.","PeriodicalId":145366,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 12th Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition - Asia (ECCE-Asia)","volume":"170 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132106232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lagrange Multipliers Based Predictive Power Control for Grid-Tied Power Converters","authors":"Haitao Li, Xiao-Dong Liu, Zhenbin Zhang","doi":"10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479299","url":null,"abstract":"Model predictive control has already become an attractive control technique for power electronics and drives. Recently, it has been increasingly widely adopted to the control of renewable generations. To conquer the shortcomings of the large variable-ripple problems, caused by the one-voltage-vector-per-interval principle of the classical predictive methods, non-optimal multi-vector based solutions have been presented and achieved reduced control variable ripples. In this paper, we analyze the problem of the existing multi-vector based predictive control technique, and thereafter propose a new Lagrange Multipliers based predictive power control scheme with globally optimal vector design process. The proposal has been applied to a two-level grid-tied power converter, demonstrating considerably enhanced steady-state control performances in comparison with a recently reported multi-vector based predictive control technique.","PeriodicalId":145366,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 12th Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition - Asia (ECCE-Asia)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134508523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Algorithm for Fault-Tolerant Operation of Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter","authors":"Sudipta Pany, S. Karanki","doi":"10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9478988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9478988","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a fault-tolerance switching technique for operation of a three-phase cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter topology during internal fault. The MLI has many switches involved during power conditioning, which increases the possibility of fault event occurrence. The most common reliability problem in MLIs are short circuit and open-switch fault in H-bridges during the operation. A quick and precise fault detection-isolation strategy improves the system reliability and also avoids the shutdown and mal operation of the load connected. The proposed algorithm uses the root mean square values of the H-bridge voltages as the diagnostic variable at the time of fault. The fault detection algorithm is simple and can detect the fault location accurately. In addition, the proposed algorithm is able to provide rated balanced output voltage during fault without adding any additional components within one cycle. The performance of the proposed algorithm and closed loop voltage control has been verified in MATLAB/Simulink environment for a three-phase seven level cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter.","PeriodicalId":145366,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 12th Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition - Asia (ECCE-Asia)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134140562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mitigation of Transformer Saturation in DVR based on Flux Linkage Feedback Control","authors":"Zhaolin Lu, G. Xiao, Houkai Zhang","doi":"10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9478984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9478984","url":null,"abstract":"Dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) is a device connected in series between power grid and sensitive load to protect the latter from voltage quality problems of the former. Saturation and inrush current are the important issues of DVR with series transformer, which may seriously affects the normal operation of the transformer and cause damage to the equipment or trigger over-current protection. To prevent transformer saturation and inrush current, a mitigation strategy of transformer saturation in DVR based on flux linkage feedback control is proposed in this paper. This method takes the flux linkage as a system state variable, and includes flux linkage loop in the control system to limit the DC flux linkage without affecting the steady-state compensation performance of DVR. The flux feedback control method is verified by simulation, and then a 0.5 kVA single-phase DVR prototype is built to validate the proposed strategy.","PeriodicalId":145366,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 12th Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition - Asia (ECCE-Asia)","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133364329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Renbin Jiang, Chen Wang, Yi Wang, Zhen Zhang, Ziwen Wei, Xiaopeng Nie
{"title":"A Novel Economical Type of Four Capacitor Combined Half-Bridge Sub-Module Topology","authors":"Renbin Jiang, Chen Wang, Yi Wang, Zhen Zhang, Ziwen Wei, Xiaopeng Nie","doi":"10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479083","url":null,"abstract":"With the rapid development of energy interconnection and power electronic devices, modular multilevel converters (MMC) are widely used in the field of high voltage direct current transmission (HVDC). The traditional half-bridge sub-module topology lacks the ability to clear the DC fault current, and the full-bridge sub-module topology has a high investment cost, some other improved topologies are difficult to both clear the DC fault current and achieve the ability to balance the capacitor voltage after the fault. Based on the half-bridge sub-module topology, this paper proposes a four-capacitor combined half-bridge sub-module (FCC-HBSM). This FCC-HBSM can not only effectively clear the DC fault current, but also self-balance the capacitor voltage after the fault. And, compared with other improved topologies, it has higher economic benefits. The single-ended MMC-HVDC is simulated by MATLAB/Simulink. The simulation results show that FCC-HBSM has a good ability to clear the DC fault current and keep the capacitor voltage balanced after the fault.","PeriodicalId":145366,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 12th Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition - Asia (ECCE-Asia)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133782574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Minimizing Primary Current Based on Asymmetric Parameter Design Method under Wide Load Range and Variable Coupling Condition in Inductive Power Transfer Systems","authors":"Zhongbao Luo, Zirui Yao, Junjie Zhang, Shiying Luo, Zhuhaobo Zhang, Lijun Wu, Hao Ma","doi":"10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479389","url":null,"abstract":"To minimize primary current and enhance the misalignment tolerance of inductive power transfer systems under wide load range, this paper proposes an asymmetric parameter design method in the series-parallel (S-P) compensated topology with constant current (CC) output. The asymmetric parameters include asymmetric power transfer ratio and asymmetric compensation factor, which aims to redistribute the zeros and poles of system. With this asymmetric parameter design method, the IPT system can be made to achieve an asymmetric and monotonic power characteristic, as well as an input impedance angle that is insensitive to coupling and to load. Meanwhile, global ZVS conditions for primary inverter are always ensured. The experimental results show that the variation in primary current is 10% at rated load within the coupling coefficient range of 0.2~0.3.","PeriodicalId":145366,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 12th Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition - Asia (ECCE-Asia)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115604685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dongkun Hou, Jieming Ma, Sida Huang, Jie Zhang, Xiaohui Zhu
{"title":"Classification of Defective Photovoltaic Modules in ImageNet-Trained Networks Using Transfer Learning","authors":"Dongkun Hou, Jieming Ma, Sida Huang, Jie Zhang, Xiaohui Zhu","doi":"10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479376","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479376","url":null,"abstract":"The quality inspection of photovoltaic modules is very important to power generation efficiency. Although electroluminescence can directly detect the defects in photovoltaic modules, it is difficult to get the desirable accuracy by traditional manual inspection. It thus necessitates an efficient defect identification method. This paper introduces ImageNet-trained networks for identifying the defective Photovoltaic modules. Six convolutional neural networks are realized by transfer learning. The experimental results present the Xception model has a higher accuracy for the classification of defective photovoltaic cells.","PeriodicalId":145366,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 12th Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition - Asia (ECCE-Asia)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114226483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}