{"title":"Space vector PWM method for two-phase three-leg inverters","authors":"M. Mirazimi, E. Babaei, M. Sharifian","doi":"10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556920","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) method is developed to control two-phase inverter with three legs. To implement in digital signal processors (DSP), the adjustability of switching sequences to reduce the harmonic contents of the output voltages and switching losses is very important. For this reason, the proposed control method is very suitable in comparison with the other modulation techniques that produce output voltages with variable frequency and magnitude. The proposed control scheme allows independent control of the magnitude and quadrature phase angle for two output phases. Thus, the presented two-phase inverter and its modulation scheme make the two-phase inverter commensurate with both balanced and unbalanced two-phase loads. Simulation results by using MATLAB/SIMULINK reconfirm the feasibility of the structure based on SVPWM method for the inverter.","PeriodicalId":307121,"journal":{"name":"2016 7th Power Electronics and Drive Systems Technologies Conference (PEDSTC)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126438201","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":"Model predictive control of classic bidirectional DC-DC converter for battery applications","authors":"A. Pirooz, R. Noroozian","doi":"10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556914","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, controlling of a DC-DC bidirectional converter is investigated using model predictive control (MPC) technique. The converter is supposed to connect a battery bank to the DC bus. The main purpose of MPC method is to maintain the DC bus voltage in a predefined rated range, which means injecting active power to the DC bus to increase bus voltage and discharging the battery, and on the contrary absorbing active power from the DC bus to decrease bus voltage and charging the battery. The control strategy also disconnects the battery bank while DC bus voltage is in the predefined rated range. Simulations have been done in PSCAD/MATLAB software interfacing and results show the feasibility of the proposed controlling strategy to conduct active power on both directions.","PeriodicalId":307121,"journal":{"name":"2016 7th Power Electronics and Drive Systems Technologies Conference (PEDSTC)","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126321805","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. Bahrami, M. Zandi, R. Gavagsaz, B. Nahid-Mobarakeh, S. Pierfederici
{"title":"A new hybrid method of MPPT for photovoltaic systems based on FLC and three point-weight methods","authors":"M. Bahrami, M. Zandi, R. Gavagsaz, B. Nahid-Mobarakeh, S. Pierfederici","doi":"10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556902","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556902","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a hybrid method is proposed for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) of solar photovoltaic system. This method combines three point-weight and Fuzzy Logic Control (FLC) methods. First, the direction of change in the voltage or no change compared to the state before is determined based on three point-weight method. Then a change in the voltage magnitude is done based on FLC. Three point-weight, FLC and hybrid algorithms are simulated in Matlab software for comparison of their performance. The mean square error is used for a better comparison.","PeriodicalId":307121,"journal":{"name":"2016 7th Power Electronics and Drive Systems Technologies Conference (PEDSTC)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125699054","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}
Mohammad Mohammadi Firozjaee, A. Vahedi, Mostafa Sanikhani
{"title":"Comparing the effect of using new hysteresis material on the performance of a hystersis motor","authors":"Mohammad Mohammadi Firozjaee, A. Vahedi, Mostafa Sanikhani","doi":"10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556832","url":null,"abstract":"The hysteresis motor is the self-starting synchronism motor. From the time of its start until it reaches synchronous speed, the motor produces a synchronous torque and an ideally flat speed/torque characteristic. The rotor of a hysteresis motor is a cylindrical tube of high hysteresis loss permanent magnet material without winding or slots. It is known that the hysteresis ring material magnetic characteristics plays an important role in flux distribution that can influence the output torque, terminal current and the efficiency of this motor. Regarding this issue, in this study effect of using new material for hysteresis ring on the performance characteristics of a radial flux hysteresis motor is investigated. Finally, the simulation of hysteresis motor is done in order to extract the output values of motor is done using 2D-Finite Element Model.","PeriodicalId":307121,"journal":{"name":"2016 7th Power Electronics and Drive Systems Technologies Conference (PEDSTC)","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114064879","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}
Naier Mahdinejad, L. Machado, R. Koury, R. M. Valle
{"title":"Stabilizing a photovoltaic plant power output by employing an auxiliary power source","authors":"Naier Mahdinejad, L. Machado, R. Koury, R. M. Valle","doi":"10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556903","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556903","url":null,"abstract":"The use of compressed air energy storage (CAES) systems instead of conventional energy storage systems in large scale grid connected photovoltaic (PV) plans has already been proposed and investigated thermo-economically, resulting to very satisfactory outcomes. On the other hand, city gate stations (CGS), in which high pressure natural gas is expanded to much lower presser levels, has been proved to be a very suitable place for producing free electricity by employing turbo-expanders instead of conventional throttling valves. In this work, the feasibility of employing a CGS power output for improving the performance of a grid connected PV plant accompanied with a CAES system and enhancing its power output stability is studied. Comprehensive energy analysis and economic assessment on the proposed configuration is carried out and the results are discussed thoroughly. Finally, the performance of this hybrid configuration is compared with the PV plant and the CGS station while working individually. Internal rate of return (IRR) method as an authentic economic evaluation approach is used for comparing the considered systems economically.","PeriodicalId":307121,"journal":{"name":"2016 7th Power Electronics and Drive Systems Technologies Conference (PEDSTC)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125004653","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}
Masoumeh Adham Haghighpour, N. Zandi, A. Mostaan, A. Baghramian
{"title":"A family of single phase converters with reduced number of components and leakage current elimination in photovoltaic systems","authors":"Masoumeh Adham Haghighpour, N. Zandi, A. Mostaan, A. Baghramian","doi":"10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556850","url":null,"abstract":"A family of single phase converters with reduced number of components is introduced in this paper. There are two switches, one coupled inductors and one capacitor in their structure, therefore the cost is reduced considerably. The proposed converters can be used as four quadrant DC/DC converter when fixed duty cycle (D) is applied to switches. On the other hand, they can be used as single phase inverter when the duty cycle is changed sinusoidal with time. In addition, the input voltage and the output load share the common ground. Therefore the leakage current is eliminated naturally in proposed converters when the photovoltaic source is applied as the input source. The performance of the proposed converter is validated with theoretical and simulation results using MATLAB/SIMULINK.","PeriodicalId":307121,"journal":{"name":"2016 7th Power Electronics and Drive Systems Technologies Conference (PEDSTC)","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133675768","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 novel application of H∞ robust controller for a single phase inverter in uninterruptible power supply","authors":"A. Irani, M. Sojoodi, M. Mohamadian","doi":"10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556911","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556911","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on a robust state feedback controller design strategy for a single phase inverter with an output lowpass filter. State space representation of the single phase DC/AC converter was presented by assuming the load as an exsanguinous disturbance input modeled as a current source in parallel with an uncertain linear load. According to norm-bounded linear differential inclusion (NLDI) notation, robust stability, and linear matrix inequalities (LMI) techniques, sufficient conditions are gathered to design the robust state feedback. Furthermore, based on internal model principle, the steady-state error is removed by adding a resonant controller. The Simulation results for linear and nonlinear load are presented.","PeriodicalId":307121,"journal":{"name":"2016 7th Power Electronics and Drive Systems Technologies Conference (PEDSTC)","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134219044","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":"Robust control of the DC-DC Ćuk converter in discontinuous conduction mode","authors":"V. Hajbani, M. Salimi, J. Soltani","doi":"10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556917","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper a robust sliding mode controller is designed for DC-DC Ćuk converter. Sliding surface of the controller includes all of the system state variables. Hence, proposed controller has four-loop structure. Reference values of the state variables are calculated according to output voltage references using feedforward and feedback control loops. Designed controller can regulate output voltage of the converter in both continues and discontinues conduction modes in a wide range of the load and line variations. The accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed control approach is verified in some tests using MATLAB/Simulink software.","PeriodicalId":307121,"journal":{"name":"2016 7th Power Electronics and Drive Systems Technologies Conference (PEDSTC)","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133864410","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 precise method to detect the accurate rotor position in BLDC motors at standstill condition","authors":"O. Safdarzadeh, M. Nezamabadi, E. Afjei","doi":"10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556835","url":null,"abstract":"Sensorless startup methods in brushless DC (BLDC) motor drives have not been perfectly improved. Detecting the rotor initial position is a problematic step in these methods. In this paper a new method based on a probabilistic algorithm is proposed to find the position of the rotor at standstill condition. A set of diagnostic pulses are injected to stator windings for an unknown rotor position due to the inductance of each phase, different current responses are received. These responses are analyzed by an innovative algorithm, which is based on probability theory, to extract the rotor position in accuracy of 15 electrical degrees which is four times more accurate in comparison with earlier methods [9]. Due to the convergence feature of the used algorithm, the final result is completely faultless. This recognition method is very fast due the simplicity of calculations. A prototype driver is implemented with low-cost microcontroller and experimental results are demonstrated to validate the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":307121,"journal":{"name":"2016 7th Power Electronics and Drive Systems Technologies Conference (PEDSTC)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117174742","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":"Space Vector PWM algorithm for three-phase 16-level class B-2 converter","authors":"O. Salari, M. J. Mojibian, M. T. Bina","doi":"10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDSTC.2016.7556880","url":null,"abstract":"Multilevel converters offer a wide range of advantages; however, they suffer from their own prevalent issues such as modulation techniques for higher levels. In this paper, a novel Space Vector Modulation (SVM) technique is proposed to be implemented on a three phase Class B-2 converter. Although the SVM has the advantage of digital implementation, as well as offering redundant switching states, at least finding the tip of the reference vector in each triangle is a critical issue. The proposed SVM technique for Class B-2 converter transfers the reference vector to the first sextant, and finds the number of triangles containing the tip of the reference vector and then using angular shifts transfers the triangles of the first sextant to their original sextants. Waveforms of line voltage, load current, and their THDs are discussed.","PeriodicalId":307121,"journal":{"name":"2016 7th Power Electronics and Drive Systems Technologies Conference (PEDSTC)","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115123353","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}