Predictive control for active split DC-bus 4-leg inverters

This paper proposes a Predictive Control, formally Dead-Beat (DBC), for a four-leg inverter having an Active Split DC-bus on the fourth leg and LC filters on phase-to-neutral outputs. Such a configuration permits to reduce the voltage ripple on the neutral point connected to inverter grounding. As o...

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Main Authors: Bifaretti, Stefano, Pipolo, S., Lidozzi, Alessandro, Solero, Luca, Tariscotti, Luca, Zanchetta, Pericle
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43847/
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author Bifaretti, Stefano
Pipolo, S.
Lidozzi, Alessandro
Solero, Luca
Tariscotti, Luca
Zanchetta, Pericle
author_facet Bifaretti, Stefano
Pipolo, S.
Lidozzi, Alessandro
Solero, Luca
Tariscotti, Luca
Zanchetta, Pericle
author_sort Bifaretti, Stefano
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
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description This paper proposes a Predictive Control, formally Dead-Beat (DBC), for a four-leg inverter having an Active Split DC-bus on the fourth leg and LC filters on phase-to-neutral outputs. Such a configuration permits to reduce the voltage ripple on the neutral point connected to inverter grounding. As only few control techniques have been investigated for Active Split DC-bus, the paper proposes to investigate the performance of DBC, which has been widely used for other power electronics applications. The main advantage of DBC over the classical PI or Resonant controller is that no tuning is required for control loop, while obtaining very fast transient response as well it can handle general constrained nonlinear systems with multiple inputs and outputs in a unified and clear manner. These features are highly valuable in power electronic converters used to supply the electrical utility loads in micro-grids. However, one of the main drawback of the DBC is the limited capabilities on harmonics compensations required when supplying unbalanced and non-linear loads. The paper presents continuous-time and discrete-time models of DBC applied to a four-leg VSI with Active Split DC-bus, highlighting the performance through simulation results as well as experimental tests.
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spelling nottingham-438472020-05-04T18:11:48Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43847/ Predictive control for active split DC-bus 4-leg inverters Bifaretti, Stefano Pipolo, S. Lidozzi, Alessandro Solero, Luca Tariscotti, Luca Zanchetta, Pericle This paper proposes a Predictive Control, formally Dead-Beat (DBC), for a four-leg inverter having an Active Split DC-bus on the fourth leg and LC filters on phase-to-neutral outputs. Such a configuration permits to reduce the voltage ripple on the neutral point connected to inverter grounding. As only few control techniques have been investigated for Active Split DC-bus, the paper proposes to investigate the performance of DBC, which has been widely used for other power electronics applications. The main advantage of DBC over the classical PI or Resonant controller is that no tuning is required for control loop, while obtaining very fast transient response as well it can handle general constrained nonlinear systems with multiple inputs and outputs in a unified and clear manner. These features are highly valuable in power electronic converters used to supply the electrical utility loads in micro-grids. However, one of the main drawback of the DBC is the limited capabilities on harmonics compensations required when supplying unbalanced and non-linear loads. The paper presents continuous-time and discrete-time models of DBC applied to a four-leg VSI with Active Split DC-bus, highlighting the performance through simulation results as well as experimental tests. 2016-09-18 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Bifaretti, Stefano, Pipolo, S., Lidozzi, Alessandro, Solero, Luca, Tariscotti, Luca and Zanchetta, Pericle (2016) Predictive control for active split DC-bus 4-leg inverters. In: 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 18-22 September 2016, Milwaukee, WI, USA. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7855272/
spellingShingle Bifaretti, Stefano
Pipolo, S.
Lidozzi, Alessandro
Solero, Luca
Tariscotti, Luca
Zanchetta, Pericle
Predictive control for active split DC-bus 4-leg inverters
title Predictive control for active split DC-bus 4-leg inverters
title_full Predictive control for active split DC-bus 4-leg inverters
title_fullStr Predictive control for active split DC-bus 4-leg inverters
title_full_unstemmed Predictive control for active split DC-bus 4-leg inverters
title_short Predictive control for active split DC-bus 4-leg inverters
title_sort predictive control for active split dc-bus 4-leg inverters
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43847/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43847/