{"title":"DC-Link Voltage Reduction Design Method for Three-Phase Four-Wire LC-Hybrid Active Power Filters Under Reactive and Unbalanced Current Compensation","authors":"Wai-Hei Choi, C. Lam, Chi-Wa Chao, M. Wong","doi":"10.1109/IECON.2018.8591478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2018.8591478","url":null,"abstract":"Previously, the required dc-link voltage of the three-phase four-wire (3 $P$ 4W) LC- coupling hybrid active power filter (LC-HAPF) was developed based on balanced loading condition. To extend its operation into unbalanced loading cases, this paper presents a general mathematical deduction of the LC-HAPF required dc-link voltage through the circuit models in zero-, positive- and negative-sequence (0-1-2 coordinate). However, a significant high dc-link voltage will be required to compensate both reactive and unbalanced currents when the coupling LC part is designed based on the original method. Thus, the LC-HAPF will lose its key benefit with low dc-link operating voltage, and increasing the system initial cost, switching loss and switching noise. In this paper, a novel coupling LC design method is proposed to effectively reduce the LC-HAPF dc-link voltage, which is based on the considerations in both reactive and unbalanced currents. Finally, representative simulation results of the 3P4W LC-HAPF for reactive and unbalanced currents compensation are given to verify the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed deduced and designed methods.","PeriodicalId":370319,"journal":{"name":"IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126193567","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}
Jianyu Hu, Wenxun Xiao, Bo Zhang, D. Qiu, C. N. Ho
{"title":"Low CM Leakage Current and High Efficiency H6 Inverter with Active Clamping for Transformerless PV System","authors":"Jianyu Hu, Wenxun Xiao, Bo Zhang, D. Qiu, C. N. Ho","doi":"10.1109/IECON.2018.8591849","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2018.8591849","url":null,"abstract":"In order to solve the problem of the common-mode (CM) leakage current and obtain high efficiency of the transformerless photovoltaic (PV) system, a novel H6 based inverter with active clamping topology is proposed. The active clamping circuit prevents the resonance of the output inductors and the power switches' parasitic junction capacitance, so as to improve the suppression ability of the leakage current. Also, MOSFETs can be used in this typology to significantly reduce conduction losses as compared to the case with IGBTs. Meanwhile, the total harmonic distortion (THD) of the grid-connected current is very low due to no dead time between the main power switches in one PWM cycle. The working principle of the proposed topology, PWM modulation strategy, CM and differential-mode (DM) characteristics are analyzed. Finally, a 300 W experimental prototype was performed to verify the theoretical analysis, and experimental results show that the good performances with low CM leakage current of 11.257mA and high efficiency of 98.1%.","PeriodicalId":370319,"journal":{"name":"IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123252248","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":"Determining Bit-Error Rate When Utilizing Series-Connected Inverters as a Communications Channel","authors":"Daniel Evans, R. Cox","doi":"10.1109/IECON.2018.8591618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2018.8591618","url":null,"abstract":"Synchronization in the AC-stacked PV-inverter topology has been shown utilizing powerline communication where a low-bandwidth synchronization signal is transmitted from the grid interface to a receiver in each inverter allowing the controls to obtain the necessary phase alignment to the grid voltage that allows for them to operate completely autonomously. The authors have been developing a channel model to describe the transmission and reception of this synchronization signal as it propagates down the powerline and the series connected power-electronic devices. This paper builds upon this model and examines the effects of the noise in the channel as it affects the reliability of the receiver to accurately determine if the synchronization signal is correct. Such reliability is key to the decentralized control of the AC-stacked PV-inverter topology. With the channel model that can determine the amount of transmitted current and the noise in the system, a power optimized transmission can be established that remains in an acceptable operating limit for reliability. Even though the results are for the AC-stacked PV-inverter architecture, the model is generalized enough for applicable for any series-connected power electronics.","PeriodicalId":370319,"journal":{"name":"IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123561367","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 Droop Based-Control Strategy of Stand-Alone Single-Phase Converters for Microgrid Applications","authors":"M. Mehrasa, M. Sharifzadeh, K. Al-haddad","doi":"10.1109/IECON.2018.8591139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2018.8591139","url":null,"abstract":"A control technique based on dynamic model of stand-alone single-phase voltage-source converter (SPVSC) in dq reference frame and droop curve equation is proposed in this paper to stable the voltage of point of common coupling (PCC) when renewable energy resources (RERs) are linked in a microgrid structure. The proposed control strategy is designed with respect to the aimed state variables of PCC frequency and voltage magnitude as well as the droop curve specifications. Moreover, an evaluation on PCC voltage frequency and voltage magnitude-based curve is presented for further analyzing the proposed controller performance. Simulation results in MATLAB/SIMULINK software prove the abilities of proposed controller in reaching stable operation of PCC voltage in microgrid application under load alteration.","PeriodicalId":370319,"journal":{"name":"IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society","volume":"199 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125278735","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. Iwendi, J. A. Ansere, P. Nkurunziza, J. H. Anajemba, Zhou Yixuan
{"title":"An ACO-KMT Energy Efficient Routing Scheme for Sensed-IoT Network","authors":"C. Iwendi, J. A. Ansere, P. Nkurunziza, J. H. Anajemba, Zhou Yixuan","doi":"10.1109/IECON.2018.8591489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2018.8591489","url":null,"abstract":"Low power operation of smart sensors is an area of extreme importance when considering the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 technology. This is essential when one considers how smartly nodes will be linked to the internet and how they are remotely monitored. At the transmission distance, each device interconnects with adjacent devices which are densely distributed in a dynamic network topology. Thus, the network can experience frequent failures to transmit data packet to the base station or any other intended receiving device due to limited resources. This paper proposes an energy efficient routing algorithm (EERA) for sensed-loT network that selects shortest but best route for reliable and efficient data packet transmission to the destination device based on ant colony optimization and key management technology (ACO-KMT) framework, motivated by natural ant performance. The simulation results show and demonstrate that the proposed EERA exhibits a better performance when compared to other algorithms such as long hop first scheduling algorithm (LHSA) and energy efficient secured routing (EESR) protocol. The proposed EERA also exemplifies an excellent performance in energy efficiency and data packet transmission efficiency for a different number of loT network devices in consideration.","PeriodicalId":370319,"journal":{"name":"IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125341716","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":"Nonlinear Optimal Control of the UAV and Suspended Payload System","authors":"G. Rigatos, K. Busawon, P. Wira, M. Abbaszadeh","doi":"10.1109/IECON.2018.8591527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2018.8591527","url":null,"abstract":"A nonlinear optimal control approach is developed for the UAV and suspended load system. The dynamic model of the UAV and payload system undergoes approximate linearization. This makes use of Taylor series expansion around a temporary operating point which recomputed at each iteration of the control method. The linearization procedure relies on the computation of the Jacobian matrices of the state-space model of the system. Next, an H-infinity feedback controller is designed for the approximately linearized model. The proposed control method stands for the solution of the optimal control problem for the nonlinear and multivariable dynamics of the UAV and payload system, under model uncertainties and external perturbations. To compute the controller's feedback gains an algebraic Riccati equation is solved at each time-step of the control algorithm. The new nonlinear optimal control approach achieves fast and accurate tracking for all state variables of the UAV and payload system, under moderate variations of the control inputs. Finally, Lyapunov analysis is used to prove the global stability properties of the control scheme.","PeriodicalId":370319,"journal":{"name":"IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125364666","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 New Hybrid Intelligent Approach for Traffic Flow Forecasting based on Fuzzy Controllers","authors":"S. H. Hosseini, M. Shabanian","doi":"10.1109/IECON.2018.8591398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2018.8591398","url":null,"abstract":"Traffic flow forecasting, one of the solutions that prevent congestion on highways. Due to different behavioral patterns of traffic flow, a variety of different conditions, including the possibility of data loss due to a disturbance of failure or faulty sensors, different climatic conditions such as rain or snow, and various conditions such as traffic congestion and accident occurrence on the road, a new prediction model is presented in this paper. We have examined the robustness of the model in the presence of different types of data in a disturbance. Simulations based on real data were performed in MATLAB to show the performance of this new model.","PeriodicalId":370319,"journal":{"name":"IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society","volume":"62 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125563534","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}
S. Pang, B. Nahid-Mobarakeh, S. Pierfederici, Y. Huangfu, Guangzhao Luo, F. Gao
{"title":"Research on LC Filter Cascaded with Buck Converter Supplying Constant Power Load Based on IDA-Passivity-Based Control","authors":"S. Pang, B. Nahid-Mobarakeh, S. Pierfederici, Y. Huangfu, Guangzhao Luo, F. Gao","doi":"10.1109/IECON.2018.8591172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2018.8591172","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays distribution power systems are used in different applications such as aircraft, ships, submarines and hybrid electric vehicles. However, the interaction between individually designed power subsystems may cause instability. Moreover, in these applications, the constant power load (CPL) also poses challenges for system dynamic response and stability. Thus, the main objective is to stabilize the cascaded system supplying the CPL. An interconnection and damping assignment (IDA) passivity-based control (PBC) scheme for LC filter cascaded with buck converter supplying CPL is proposed. The plant is described by port-controlled Hamiltonian (PCH) form. Particularly, an adaptive interconnection matrix is developed to achieve internal links in PCH system. A modified IDA-PBC and its proof are presented to perfect the implementation for the CPL application. Simulation results are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.","PeriodicalId":370319,"journal":{"name":"IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126772414","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 Semi-Two-Stage H5 Inverter with Improved Efficiency and Low Leakage Current","authors":"Yifan Gu, Li Zhang, Y. Xing, Haibing Hu","doi":"10.1109/IECON.2018.8595135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2018.8595135","url":null,"abstract":"A semi-two-stage transformerless PV grid-tied inverter based on H5 is proposed in this paper. By introducing the front-end Boost converter, the PV module and the output of the front-end Boost can be used as two different inputs of the H5 converter respectively. Therefore, the proposed topology can operate in a wide input range and part of the PV module power can be transmitted to the utility grid directly without being transferred through the path of the front-end Boost converter. The efficiency can be higher than that of the conventional two-stage H5 inverter. A modulation strategy for this topology is presented and analyzed in detail. The common-mode (CM) voltage varies with a low frequency which results in a low leakage current. An experimental prototype is built to verify the effectiveness of the proposed topology and modulation strategy.","PeriodicalId":370319,"journal":{"name":"IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126854847","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 Inductor Based Balancing Circuit for Diode Clamped Converters","authors":"G. Brando, A. Cervone","doi":"10.1109/IECON.2018.8591551","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2018.8591551","url":null,"abstract":"The paper proposes a new balancing circuit for multilevel diode clamped converters (DCC) aimed to keep the DC-Link voltages balanced, regardless of the converter operating condition. The proposed architecture, which is based on the same topology of a DCC leg, is connected to an external inductor and is driven by a specialized modulation technique acting on the instantaneous DC-Link differential voltages. The balancing circuit, presented in both its complete and simplified topology, is discussed with reference to a generic number of levels and is validated through numerical simulations.","PeriodicalId":370319,"journal":{"name":"IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115258448","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}