{"title":"Current Control and FPGA–Based Real–Time Simulation of Grid–Tied Inverters","authors":"S. Carpiuc, Matthias Schiesser, C. Villegas","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215961","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the current controller synthesis and real–time testing in a grid–tied inverter system is discussed. The current loops are implemented using an observer–based linear quadratic regulator. The disturbance observer is employed to ensure zero steady state error in the presence of model uncertainties. A simulation model implemented in Simscape™ Electrical™ is used to evaluate the control algorithm in real–time on a Speedgoat real–time system with a field–programmable gate array FPGA board. The results show the effectiveness of the proposed solution.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115731341","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. Rathnayake, Amir Ganjavi, Firuz Zare, D. Kumar, P. Davari
{"title":"Common-mode noise modelling and resonant estimation in a three-phase motor drive system: 9-150 kHz frequency range","authors":"H. Rathnayake, Amir Ganjavi, Firuz Zare, D. Kumar, P. Davari","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215887","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an equivalent circuit impedance-based estimation method of resonances in a three-phase motor drive system to predict common-mode (CM) noise circulations in 9-150 kHz frequency range, which is not considered so far in electromagnetic interference (EMI) analysis. The paper verifies the presented method by analyzing emission spectrums of CM currents in the three-phase system. The impact of EMI filter, DC-link filter and AC motor models on the generated common mode noise at 9-150 kHz range is also investigated using the predicted equivalent impedance results at the CM voltage source. It is found, there is a high probability to have resonances within 9-150 kHz range due to the components of the drive system. Hence, the work presented is useful to model and predict the possible resonances in the whole drive system that unnecessarily increases the CM noise at this frequency range. The presented estimation method not only enables the ability to early recognition of CM current emissions injected from the drive system to the grid but also supports EMI filter design or modification for 9-150 kHz frequency range. Further, this approach significantly contributes to accelerating the drive products development and entering the market after complying the future standards.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124466381","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. Cheaito, B. Allard, G. Clerc, J. Pallier, Pascal Pommier-Petit
{"title":"A Design of Solid State Power Controller for a bidirectional DC-DC Converter in an aeronautic context","authors":"H. Cheaito, B. Allard, G. Clerc, J. Pallier, Pascal Pommier-Petit","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215831","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with the design of a solid state power controller (SSPC) for a DC-DC converter in an aeronautic application. First, the specifications are drawn appropriately with the aeronautic environment. Then the design and experimental validation are described.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117048946","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":"Analysis Of DC-side Fault Response of MMCs with Controlled Fault Blocking Capability for Different Transmission Line Types","authors":"W. Leterme, P. Judge, T. Green","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215805","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215805","url":null,"abstract":"MMCs with controlled fault blocking capability retain control of their currents during a dc-side fault, thereby reducing the required interruption capabilities for switchgear. To design the dc-side control to achieve this capability, it is important to take into account the interaction between the converter control and the transmission line during a short-circuit on the transmission line. This paper uses a dc-side equivalent model to assess the interactions of the converter control for two types of converters, i.e., full-bridge and hybrid, with two main types of transmission lines, i.e., cable and overhead line, during dc-side faults. In general, the dc-side voltages and currents for a full-bridge MMC connected to an overhead line show more oscillatory behavior compared to an MMC connected to a cable. Furthermore, a hybrid MMC connected to an overhead line may provide a more damped dc-side fault response due to its limited negative voltage capability.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127284506","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":"Insight into the Peculiarities of Optimized Pulse Patterns for Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Machines","authors":"Georgios Darivianakis, I. Tsoumas","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215811","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215811","url":null,"abstract":"We use the notion of dynamic phasors to analytically formulate the optimized pulse patterns (OPPs) problem for permanent-magnet synchronous machines affected by magnetic saliency. Comparing to OPPs computed by ignoring saliency, we observe that our approach brings considerable improvement in minimizing the current harmonic distortions.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127285244","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":"A Fast and Robust Model of Dual-Active Bridge Converters in Real-Time Simulation","authors":"Ming Jia, Philipp Joebges, R. D. De Doncker","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215724","url":null,"abstract":"Real-time simulation is becoming an emerging and powerful tool for the development of power electronics conversion systems. One widely employed methods used in real-time (RT) simulations is the time average method. In this paper, a C-code average model is proposed for a two-level three-phase dual-active bridge dc-dc converter (2L-DAB3) to perform an efficient RT simulation. The calculation speed and accuracy as well as its stability with different integration methods are investigated and compared with state-of-the-art auto-generated models.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124983034","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}
Qiuye Gui, Jan Lasse Gnärig, Hendrik Fehr, A. Gensior
{"title":"Energy-Balancing of a Modular Multilevel Converter Using an Online Trajectory Planning Algorithm","authors":"Qiuye Gui, Jan Lasse Gnärig, Hendrik Fehr, A. Gensior","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215848","url":null,"abstract":"Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) energy balancing is a nontrivial open-loop control problem, since the choice of a technically meaningful output leads to an internal dynamics. The method used in this paper relies on an MMC arm energy model, which allows algebraic parametrization of almost all system variables and the rest can be obtained by integration of a small subsystem of low order. The solution introduced in this paper is to plan appropriate trajectories for all variables such that the balancing goal is met. The planned trajectories are given to the control system, which leads to a feedforward balancing effort supporting the standard feedback balancing control. In contrast to the previous approach, an analytical solution was obtained providing for efficient real-time trajectory planning. Test bench measurements confirm improved energy control performance compared to standard feedback balancing.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125923676","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":"Transient thermal models of capacitors and inductors for system optimization","authors":"V. Karaventzas, J. Biela, F. R. Mateos","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215647","url":null,"abstract":"In accelerators using superconducting magnets, energy extraction systems (EES) are employed as means of protection in case of a quench, i.e. the spontaneous transition of the magnets from superconducting to resistive state. These EES operate only for short durations so that, for identifying an optimal design, the thermal transient properties/models of the system components are required. Therefore, a transient thermal model of cylindrical film capacitors based on physical properties is presented in detail in this paper. The model is based only on data sheet values and is validated experimentally. In addition, a transient thermal model of inductors is presented and validated by FEM simulations. Finally, it is shown that the power density of a converter for an energy extraction system could be more than doubled, if the presented transient thermal models of the passive components are used in the design optimization process.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"194 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126048107","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":"Lifetime Estimation and Dimensioning of the Machine-Side Converter for Pumping-Cycle Airborne Wind Energy System","authors":"Bakr Bagaber, P. Junge, A. Mertens","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215594","url":null,"abstract":"Fostering of high altitude wind energy (HAWE) resources above 200 meters is a recent promising technology that seeks to capture the strong wind currents at high elevations. Among the many concepts of airborne wind energy (AWE) generators, the soft-kite pumping-cycle (PC) concept promises to provide a very lightweight, high power density, and cost-effective solution. In this study, the impact of the load-cycle on the lifetime of the machine-side converter (MSC) is examined. By employing a physics-of-failure estimation approach, the main pumping-cycles and the machine speed-reversal were identified as the primary adverse influencers of the IGBT and diode solder joints. Whereas, wind speeds around 12 m/s contribute the most to the predicted degradation. To fulfill the thermal limitations and the lifetime requirements of the application, an optimum converter dimension is found using linear scaling of the semiconductors chip-area and the heatsink thermal impedances. With the generation (reel-out) phase power defined as the base value, the results suggest that the converter needs to be scaled by at least 150 % to meet the thermal constraints, and by 350 % to approach the target lifetime of ten years.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123286949","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":"Using Both the Circulating Currents and the Common-Mode Voltage for the Branch Energy Control of Modular Multilevel Converters","authors":"Rebecca Dierks, J. Kucka, A. Mertens","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215845","url":null,"abstract":"Many degrees of freedom are available for the branch energy control of modular multilevel converters. These degrees of freedom comprise different components of the common-mode voltage and the internal circulating currents. If all degrees of freedom are used simultaneously, undesired cross-couplings occur in the branch energy control. In the conventional branch energy control, either the internal circulating currents or the common-mode voltage are used to avoid the coupling terms. The paper presents a novel solution that uses both the circulating currents and the common-mode voltage while omitting the couplings. Thereby, the branch currents and thus the losses in the branches can be reduced without affecting the control dynamics. The proposed control approach is validated through simulations and experimentally on a downscaled converter prototype. Furthermore, the improved performance is demonstrated by means of a comparison to the conventional control. In general, the proposed control approach is expected to be especially beneficial for drive systems operated below rated speed and for a low-voltage ride-through of grid-tied converters.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123766358","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}