{"title":"Reduced order multi-rate LQR controllers for a MVDC shipboard electric distribution system with constant power loads","authors":"A. Mills, R. Ashton","doi":"10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069276","url":null,"abstract":"US Navy investment in future warships is focused on DC integrated power systems (IPS). A naval DC IPS will include multiple power generation devices, energy storage devices, and layered power converters. Power converters coupled to high-bandwidth regulators exhibit constant power load (CPL) behavior. CPLs exhibit negative non-linear impedance which reduce stability margins and limit the efficacy of linear control methods. Incorporating megawatt level pulsed loads, such as laser weapons or railguns, challenges the limits of linear control methods. A recently introduced control scheme, Adaptive Select-Matrix LQR (LQR-SM), is a flexible and adaptable centralized control approach to multi-input, multi-rate, high order systems. This paper presents a comparative study of LQR-SM controller performance in a naval medium-voltage DC shipboard electric distribution system with CPLs. The four configurations studied are a full-order adaptive LQR-SM controller, two adaptive reduced-order controllers, and a non-adaptive full order controller. The controllers are compared on the basis of quality of regulation, size of region of attraction (ROA), computation load, and stored-energy efficiency.","PeriodicalId":227033,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS)","volume":"67 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120811884","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":"DC system stability and the the DC stability toolbox","authors":"S. Sudhoff","doi":"10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069350","url":null,"abstract":"Consider the system dx/dt = f(X) f(0)=0 Then the origin is an asymptotically stable equilibrium of the nonlinear system if A, the Jacobian matrix of f, evaluated at the origin, has all its eigenvalues in the open left-half plane.","PeriodicalId":227033,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121380580","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}
A. Wijenayake, T. McNutt, K. Olejniczak, B. Passmore, A. Lostetter, J. Hayes, Yusi Liu, H. Mantooth
{"title":"Next-generation MVDC architecture based on 6.5 kV / 200 A, 12.5 mΩ SiC H-bridge and 10 kV / 240 A, 20 mΩ SiC dual power modules","authors":"A. Wijenayake, T. McNutt, K. Olejniczak, B. Passmore, A. Lostetter, J. Hayes, Yusi Liu, H. Mantooth","doi":"10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069343","url":null,"abstract":"The Navy's Next Generation Integrated Power System (NGIPS) Technology Development Roadmap establishes Medium Voltage DC (MVDC) Integrated Power System (IPS) technology in future warships. This requires a higher medium voltage (MV)-rated power device, a semiconductor technology that enables compactness and light weight, and easily integrated into modular proven power conversion architectures. This envisioned system takes the generated 4.16–13.8 kV, 60 Hz, AC power and rectifies it to MVDC. The rectified MVDC is then isolated before being distributed throughout the ship where it is converted at diverse AC and DC loads. This can be accomplished using silicon carbide (SiC)-based power conversion topologies switching at >20 kHz, thereby eliminating heavy and bulky isolation transformers onboard and improving the IPS power density to that expected from next-generation warships. This paper presents a new approach for an IPS, based on a Common Power Electronics Building Block (CPEBB), using both 6.5 kV / 200 A SiC H-bridge in an optimized industry-standard XHP™ 3 package and a 10 kV / 240 A SiC dual in an optimized custom package. This architecture, with power dense MV converters/inverters, is enabled by the higher blocking voltage and higher switching frequency of the SiC technology. The proposed Multi-Secondary Solid-State Transformer (MSSST) is the fundamental building block which enables this high performance MVDC IPS.","PeriodicalId":227033,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS)","volume":"187 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123011680","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}
H. Vahedi, David E. Gonsoulin, Dallas Perkins, T. Vu, C. Edrington
{"title":"Seamless inverter control scheme for shore-to-ship application","authors":"H. Vahedi, David E. Gonsoulin, Dallas Perkins, T. Vu, C. Edrington","doi":"10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069283","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a general seamless control scheme of inverter for the purpose of ship-to-shore connection by means of active islanding detection method. In the proposed system, the Sandia Frequency Shift (SFS) method combined with a frequency protection scheme is used to detect the islanding instant. The SFS parameter selection is performed using a new phase criterion proposed in the literature. and implemented to add more functionality to the control algorithm.","PeriodicalId":227033,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124591633","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":"The cost of model accuracy in the design of wound rotor synchronous machines for DC generation","authors":"P. O'Regan, S. Pekarek","doi":"10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069291","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the added cost, in terms of mass, required to provide confidence that a machine optimized for passive DC rectification can be accurately represented using a qd model. The inclusion of a set of constraints during the design process is shown to greatly improve the match between qd and detailed models along the entire range of operation for the system, however it is seen that there is an appreciable mass penalty for doing so. Pareto-optimal fronts are used to quantify the cost.","PeriodicalId":227033,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS)","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123844885","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}
C. Bak, F. Blaabjerg, C. Ciontea, Kjeld Madsen, Claes Sterregaard
{"title":"A feeder protection method against the phase-phase fault using symmetrical components","authors":"C. Bak, F. Blaabjerg, C. Ciontea, Kjeld Madsen, Claes Sterregaard","doi":"10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069260","url":null,"abstract":"The method of symmetrical components simplifies analysis of an electric circuit during the fault and represents an important tool for the protection engineers. In this paper, the symmetrical components of the fault current are used in a new feeder protection method for the maritime applications. The new method is effective against the phase-phase fault and relies on evaluation of the ratio of negative-sequence to positive-sequence current to detect such faults. It is shown that the proposed ratio is a complex number and its magnitude is associated with the presence of the phase-phase fault in a radial feeder, while its argument is an indicator of the fault direction. Precisely these information are used in this paper to detect the phase-phase fault and to indicate the faulted section of the feeder. Using PSCAD, the new method is implemented in a test Medium Voltage feeder with variable generation and relatively reduced short-circuit currents, thus resembling the electric network on a ship. The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method of protection provides an improved performance compared to the conventional OverCurrent relays in a radial feeder with variable short-circuit power.","PeriodicalId":227033,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS)","volume":"257 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121583169","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}
Sam Yang, J. Ordonez, J. Vargas, J. Chalfant, C. Chryssostomidis
{"title":"System-level ship thermal management tool for dynamic thermal and piping network analyses in early-design stages","authors":"Sam Yang, J. Ordonez, J. Vargas, J. Chalfant, C. Chryssostomidis","doi":"10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069328","url":null,"abstract":"We present herein the coupling of two system-level ship thermal management tools, namely, Cooling System Design Tool (CSDT) and vemESRDC developed at MIT and FSU, respectively, for dynamic thermal and piping network analyses in early-design stages. Each tool exhibits unique features that allow naval architects to investigate and visualize distinct ship thermal responses. vemESRDC, for instance, provides dynamic equipment and shipboard space temperature and relative humidity, while CSDT arranges realistic piping network layouts and provides pressure distributions in the network. In this work, we elaborate the integration strategy and conduct a simple case study using the integrated tool to verify the coupling. We then present the results to demonstrate the capability of the integrated tool.","PeriodicalId":227033,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115362734","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}
T. Toshon, R. Soman, C. Wiegand, M. Israel, M. Faruque, M. Steurer
{"title":"Set-based design for naval shipboard power systems using pertinent metrics from product development tools","authors":"T. Toshon, R. Soman, C. Wiegand, M. Israel, M. Faruque, M. Steurer","doi":"10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069275","url":null,"abstract":"Set-Based Design (SBD) is an attractive paradigm to address challenges of a highly complex design space. Application of SBD is being actively explored by the US Navy to aid design of future naval shipboard systems. This paper reports a methodology following utilization of well-established product development and robust design tools that enable conducting SBD. Outputs from quality function deployment (QFD) serve as the basis for focusing design approaches. Feasible designs are assessed via the Taguchi method to show combinations that are robust to noise factors while fulfilling user defined constraints. This work is anticipated to help develop and integrate the SBD functionality within the Smart Ship Systems Design (S3D) environment.","PeriodicalId":227033,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS)","volume":"18 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116802797","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":"Reconfiguration of MVDC shipboard power systems: A model predictive control approach","authors":"Nasibeh Zohrabi, S. Abdelwahed, Jian Shi","doi":"10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069290","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a reconfiguration method based on Model Predictive Control (MPC) is proposed for a nonlinear Medium-Voltage DC Shipboard Power System. By applying the proposed MPC approach, the reconfiguration is formulated as an optimization problem with respect to operating constraints and also the priorities of loads. The loads are categorized as vital loads, semi-vital loads, and non-vital loads by the appropriate weighting factors. The main goal is to maximize the power delivered to the loads with respect to power balance and generation limits. The simulation results of three cases with the use of a nonlinear MVDC SPS model are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":227033,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS)","volume":"46 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120866837","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":"Stability of high-bandwidth power electronic systems with transmission lines","authors":"J. Neely, J. Delhotal, L. Rashkin, S. Glover","doi":"10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESTS.2017.8069277","url":null,"abstract":"In most distributed power electronic systems, the transmission line effects associated with cabling are neglected due to the expectation that cables are sufficiently short to be modeled as a lumped parameter model. However, as converter switching speeds and control bandwidth increase, especially in large distributed power electronic based systems, the transmission line effects may become an important consideration when establishing margins of stability. In this work, immittance based stability analysis is applied to power electronic systems with long cables between source and load converter. In particular, the Energy Systems Analysis Consortium (ESAC) method is utilized to compute limits on cable length so as to maintain prescribed stability margins. Simulation results are presented in support of the approach.","PeriodicalId":227033,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129006475","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}