Abdelhakim Saim, A. Houari, M. Ait-Ahmed, M. Machmoum, J. Guerrero
{"title":"Differential flatness for smooth transition between grid-connected and standalone mode of three-phase inverter","authors":"Abdelhakim Saim, A. Houari, M. Ait-Ahmed, M. Machmoum, J. Guerrero","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215627","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the use of flatness based control to achieve smooth transition between Grid Connected (GC) and Stand-Alone (SA) is investigated. The idea is to exploit the flatness proprieties to ensure smooth transition between GC and SA modes. The flatness control uses planned flat outputs to calculate the inverter controls that achieve disturbances rejection. The design of the proposed control is detailed and its effectiveness is evaluated.","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":"131202592","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}
Mustapha Touhami, G. Despesse, F. Costa, B. Pollet
{"title":"Implementation of Control Strategy for Step-down DC-DC Converter Based on Piezoelectric Resonator","authors":"Mustapha Touhami, G. Despesse, F. Costa, B. Pollet","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215910","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215910","url":null,"abstract":"With the growth in demand for miniaturization in power electronics, the current solutions are starting to display their limits in dimensions, power densities and efficiency. To meet the previous demands, the new piezoelectric materials achieving high power densities and efficiency could be the solution to ensuring the requirements. The piezoelectric resonators (PRs) and the piezoelectric transformers (PTs) have been used previously. Unlike the PTs, the use of PRs in power electronics has not been fully explored, and their use has been limited to operating as switched capacitors. However, a new operating principle using PRs based on energy and electrical balance exhibits good performances in steady state. In this paper, our motivation is to investigate in the capability to control a dc-dc converter based on PRs using this operating principle. Indeed, this paper presents the control strategy of a new step-down DC-DC converter based on a piezoelectric resonator (PR), which is used as an energy storage element. The operating principle of the converter is also presented. Moreover, the control algorithm has been implemented in field programmable gate array (FPGA) to regulate the output voltage. The control principle is validated experimentally for input-output voltages 120 - 48 V, and achieving an efficiency up to 94% for large operating power range.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"97 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":"133388734","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}
Meysam Saeedian, B. Eskandari, K. Rouzbehi, S. Taheri, E. Pouresmaeil
{"title":"Employing Virtual Synchronous Generator with a New Control Technique for Grid Frequency Stabilization","authors":"Meysam Saeedian, B. Eskandari, K. Rouzbehi, S. Taheri, E. Pouresmaeil","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215605","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to develop a control technique for grid-interfaced voltage source converters in distributed power generation systems. The proposed method is composed of two control loops, i.e., inner and outer controllers. The former one is based on a fast current control technique, with the capability of handling active and reactive power. The inertial characteristic of conventional synchronous generators is mimicked by means of the outer control loop, with the aim of providing required inertia for the main grid. This developed control strategy results in mitigation of frequency nadir and rate of change of frequency level in the system frequency response, and thereby, frequency stability during disturbances. Herein, the dynamics of the suggested control scheme is first presented in the $dq$ rotating frame for the design of current control loops. Virtual inertia emulation using the frequency-power response based topology is then discussed in detail. Finally, a 200 kVA virtual synchronous generator is simulated in MATLAB to support theoretical analyses and demonstrate the appropriate performance of the suggested technique in control of interfaced voltage source converters between distributed energy sources and power grids.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"14 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":"133327971","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":"Predictive torque control of induction machine with an adaptive observer for trajectory planning of servo press","authors":"Qi Li, Jianbo Gao, Qiwu Wang, R. Kennel","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215653","url":null,"abstract":"In order to improve the accuracy of trajectory planning, servo-drive of induction machine was employed in press. The crank mechanism is widely used as the critical transmission of the press. Dynamic model of press was established through Lagrange Equation and computed torque control method was chosen to solve the nonlinearity problem. To delivering better dynamic performance and reduce the cost of encoder, a predictive torque control of induction machine with an adaptive observer is also proposed in this scheme. The simulation shows the new algorithm can help servo-drive track the trajectory of crank and the performance of new strategy is better than traditional method. It can extent the new possible solution of trajectory for nonlinearity.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"270 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":"133349096","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}
F. Errigo, L. Chedot, F. Morel, P. Venet, A. Sari, A. Hijazi, R. Pena
{"title":"Assessment of Aging and Performance Degradation of Supercapacitors Integrated into a Modular Multilevel Converter","authors":"F. Errigo, L. Chedot, F. Morel, P. Venet, A. Sari, A. Hijazi, R. Pena","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215894","url":null,"abstract":"The interest for modular multilevel converter (MMC) with energy storage systems (ESSs) has increased quickly over the last decades. Since an MMC has several hundreds of sub-modules (SMs) and ESS performances usually deteriorate quickly, the ability of the converter to provide the expected service during its lifetime must be investigated. In this work, supercapacitors are used as ESS and the reduction of their capacity is first calculated through lifetime simulation of the ESS using aging models. Then, simulations are used to analyze the available energy of the proposed converter considering dispersions for the initial parameters of ESSs and for the aging rate. Finally, the results are compared with different levels of redundancy and maintenance intervals to discuss the viability of the solution. For the depicted case study, results show that oversizing the ESSs without carrying any maintenance operations during the lifetime of the converter minimizes the total number of cells required.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"34 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":"133683757","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}
Bunthern Kim, P. Chrin, M. Pietrzak-David, P. Maussion
{"title":"Frugal Innovation for Sustainable Rural Electrification","authors":"Bunthern Kim, P. Chrin, M. Pietrzak-David, P. Maussion","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215876","url":null,"abstract":"In this article an original solution is proposed by using wasted electric and electronic equipment (second-life components) to create the new power generation systems for remote rural areas. This frugal innovation for rural electrification guarantees an important support social, educational and economic development goals especially in Southeast Asian countries.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"70 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":"127841925","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}
M. Shousha, D. Dinulovic, Talha Zafar, M. Brooks, M. Haug
{"title":"Wire-Wound Multi-Phase Stator Based EMEH with MPPT Self-Powered Energy Management System","authors":"M. Shousha, D. Dinulovic, Talha Zafar, M. Brooks, M. Haug","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215929","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a cost-effective electromagnetic energy harvester (EMEH) based on wire-wound technology. It also shows the energy management system used to convert the EMEH's AC voltage to a DC one. The EH system is self-powered and does not require external sources or pre charge of any of its components and provides maximum power point tracking.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"72 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":"127186716","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}
Junzhong Xu, Fei Gao, T. Soeiro, Linglin Chen, L. Tarisciotti, Houjun Tang, P. Bauer
{"title":"Model Predictive Control for the Reduction of DC-link Current Ripple in Two-level Three-phase Voltage Source Inverters","authors":"Junzhong Xu, Fei Gao, T. Soeiro, Linglin Chen, L. Tarisciotti, Houjun Tang, P. Bauer","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215838","url":null,"abstract":"In the applications of three-phase two-level voltage source inverters (VSIs) relatively large energy storage capacitors are used to absorb the high DC-link current ripples mainly caused by the circulating reactive power, the switched AC phase current flowing to the DC-link, and other dynamic and/or asymmetric operating conditions. Especially for electrolytic capacitor technology the typically high current stress and consequent losses is known to limit the power electronics lifetime, thus the design and selection of this component is critical for the whole system. To alleviate this problem, a new model predictive control (MPC) cost function which enables DC-link capacitor current ripple reduction is proposed in this paper. Based on the DC-link current mathematical model and the available VSI switching states, the future DC current ripple can be predicted, and then the optimized space vectors that best tracks the sinusoidal output current and minimizes the DC-link current ripple are chosen. Compared with conventional DC-link capacitor current reduction methods, the proposed approach has the advantage to incorporate an outstanding fast current control dynamics as well as being of relatively simple implementation because there is no need to adjust the switching signals or space vectors in the modulation as function of operational conditions of the system. Simulation and experimental results are presented verifying the effectiveness of the proposed MPC method.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"25 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":"115564549","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 Symmetrical Boost Converter with Reduced Common-Mode Leakage Currents for EV Applications","authors":"C. Viana, Netan Yakop, D. Frost, P. Lehn","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215704","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215704","url":null,"abstract":"An important design choice for power converters, including electric vehicles chargers, is whether or not to include a galvanic isolation transformer. While transformerless systems can be considerably lighter and cheaper, they are typically discarded as a design choice due to the potential presence of common-mode leakage currents. In this paper, a 3-switch symmetrical boost converter is proposed, analyzed, simulated, and experimentally verified. The topology is shown to be suitable for non-isolated electric vehicle charging. The converter exhibits negligible common-mode leakage current, allowing it to meet safety standards without the need for an isolation transformer.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"33 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":"123897226","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":"Investigation on parallel operation of two MMC-HVDC links in grid forming connected to an existing network","authors":"H. Saad, P. Rault, S. Dennetière","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215741","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215741","url":null,"abstract":"The share of power electronics installations into existing ac power systems is significantly increasing due to the massive penetration of wind power plants and HVDC links. VSC-HVDC link can operate in VF -control (or grid-forming mode) when connected to a weak or islanded network to overcome the PQ-control (or grid-feeding mode) limitation. Up to now, the VF -control represents a challenge due to static and dynamic limits when several HVDC links are in parallel operation. This paper provides a dynamic performance of two HVDC links in grid forming mode connected to an islanded grid. To provide a realistic test case, the islanded grid is based on the Northern France network. AC fault and control instabilities between 2 HVDC links in VF control are analyzed in this work. These set of EMT studies provide an insight on dynamic network behavior when HVDC is operating in VF control.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"93 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":"124322779","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}