A novel cascaded H-bridge photovoltaic inverter with flexible arc suppression function

This paper presents a novel approach that simultaneously enables photovoltaic(PV)inversion and flexible arc suppression during single-phase grounding faults.Inverters compensate for ground currents through an arc-elimination function,while outputting a PV direct current(DC)power supply.This method effectively reduces the residual grounding current.To reduce the dependence of the arc-suppression performance on accurate compensation current-injection models,an adaptive fuzzy neural network imitating a sliding mode controller was designed.An online adaptive adjustment law for network parameters was developed,based on the Lyapunov stability theorem,to improve the robustness of the inverter to fault and connection locations.Furthermore,a new arc-suppression control exit strategy is proposed to allow a zerosequence voltage amplitude to quickly and smoothly track a target value by controlling the nonlinear decrease in current and reducing the regulation time.Simulation results showed that the proposed method can effectively achieve fast arc suppression and reduce the fault impact current in single-phase grounding faults.Compared to other methods,the proposed method can generate a lower residual grounding current and maintain good arc-suppression performance under different transition resistances and fault locations.

COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON SOFT-SWITCHING ARC WELDING INVERTER POWER SOURCE

Based on the existing component models in the Pspice software package, a combined model for Insulat- ed the Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) is established, in which a non - linear is introduced to represent the parasitic capacitance. Using this model, computerized simulation is conducted for the FB - ZVZCS - PWM soft - ewitching converter,the switching and energy-transferring characteristics of the components are analyzed.The simulation results are testified by experiments.It is proved that by abopting appropriate models,computerized simulation becomes an effective tool for investigation of arc welding inverter power source.

A novel arc welding inverter with unit power factor based on DSP control

A novel inverter power source is developed characterized with constant output current and unit power factor input. Digital signal processor （ DSP ） is used to realize power factor correction and control of back-stage inverter bridge of the arc welding inverter. The fore-stage adopts double closed loop proportion and integration （PI） rectifier technique and the back- stage adopts digital pulse width modulation （ PWM） technique. Simulated waves can be obtained in Matlab/Simulink and validated by experiments. Experiments of the prototype showed that the total harmonic distortion （THD） can be controlled within 10% and the power factor is approximate to 1.

SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTATION OF THE ARC WELDING INVERTER USING THE SOFT SWITCHING TECHNIQUE

The FB-ZVZCS-PWM converter is realized by the way of subjoiningblock-capacitor into the FB-ZVS-PWM converter. At the freewheeling interval, the primary current isattenuated fast to zero and maintained. And then, power device of the static leg becomes azero-current-switch (ZCS), power device of the shifted leg becomes a zero-voltage-switch(ZVS). Thus,on one hand IGBT (Insulated gate bipolar transistor) with tail current can be easily used infull-bridge soft-switching converter; on the other hand additional circuiting energy is greatlyreduced. At the same time, less duty cycle loss, lower secondary parasitic resonance, widersoft-switching load range can be achieved. Based on the existing component models in the Pspicesoftware package, a combined model of IGBT is established, in which a non-linear capacitor isintroduced to replace the parasitic capacitor. Using this model, computerized simulation isconducted for the FB-ZVZCS-PWM soft-switching converter, the switching and energy-transferringcharacteristics of the power device are analyzed. Finally, based on the achievement above, a 10 kWarc welding inverter with FB-ZVZCS-PWM converter is developed. The simulation results are testifiedby experiments. It is proved that by adopting appropriate models, computerized simulation is aneffective and useful tool for the development of the arc welding inverter.

ZVS of arc welding inverter in light load

It is very difficult for arc welding inverter to realize Zero-Voltage-Switching （ZVS） because the load of arc welding inverter changes violently. An improved PS-FB-ZVS-PWM （ Phase-Shifted Full-Bridge Zero-Voltage-Switching Pulse-Width-Modulation） topology is proposed in this paper. A saturate resonant inductor is in series with the primary side of the transformer, while an auxiliary inductor is in parallel with the secondary side of the transformer to increase reactive current in light load or unload state, so the zero voltage switching of power devices is realized during switching course in light load or unload state.

Reducing the minimum output power of soft-switching inverter arc welding power supplies

The full-bridge zero-voltage and zero-current switching inverter, which can adjust the output power by keeping the duty-cycle of lagging arm constant, changing the duty-cycle of leading arm, is a common circuit topology of soft-switching inverter arc welding power supplies. However, the output power still remains a certain value when the duty-cycle of leading arm decreases to zero. The working-mode of soft-switching inverter and the waveforms of major parameters with the condition of duty-cycle of leading arm being zero are studied in this paper. U-1 characteristic experiments prove that the minimum output power of soft-switching circuit, which depends on the charged voltage of capacitors in parallel with leading arm, can be decreased by reducing the duty-cycle of lagging arm. By switching working-modes between half-bridge and full-bridge, the output power can swing from zero to the power rating.

Digital control of pulsed gas metal arc welding inverter using TMS320LF2407A

A digital control of pulsed gas metal arc welding inverter was proposed. A control system consisting of analogue parts was replaced with a new digital control implemented in a TMS320LF2407A DSP chip. The design and constructional features of the whole digital control were presented. The resources of the DSP chip were efficiently utilized and the circuits are very concise, which can enhance the stability and reliability of welding inverter. Experimental results demonstrate that the developed digital control has the ability to accomplish the excellent pulsed gas metal arc welding process and the merits of the developed digital control are stable welding process, little spatter and perfect weld appearance.

Micro-arc Oxidation Inverter Power Supply Based on the Limited Bipolar Soft-switch Control Method

In order to overcome many limitations of the conventional power supplies, such as ponderosity, big wastage, and simplex output characteristic, a dual-inverter power supply is designed to meet the different requirements of micro-arc oxidation. The main circuit structure and principle of the dual-inverter power supply for micro-arc oxidation is described, the control system and the control adjustment method are also introduced. The dual-inverter technology is adopted in micro-arc oxidation power supply. The limited bipolar control mode is applied in the power inverter circuit for adjusting the voltage, and various voltage waveform can be obtained by controlling the chopper circuit. Meanwhile, the control accuracy and response speed are improved greatly because of the higher inverter frequency. The power supply can output direct current（DC） waveform, DC pulse waveform, symmetry alternating current（AC） waveform, asymmetry AC waveform, and so on. Besides, the parameters such as pulse width, range, frequency, duty cycle can be adjusted. The experimental result shows that the power supply has many advantages, such as stable output, wonderful waveform consistency and obvious advantage in technique, and it can meet the requirements of micro-arc oxidation process fully.

Digital close loop control system for current-programmed mode arc welding inverter

A small-signal model of current programmed mode pulse width modulation converter including the equivalent sampling effect is introduced and analyzed. In this model, an addition pole is brought out by the sampling effect in the current loop gain, and it affects dynamic bandwidth and stability of the inner current loop. By selecting the appropriate stability parameter which determines the additional pole and describes the degree of peaking in closed loop transfer function, a control model of current programmed full bridge arc welding inverter with maximum frequency bandwidth and stability can be obtained. Small and large amplitude pulse current outputs are employed in simulations and experiments and results validate the design method.

Principle and parameter design of arc welding inverter using soft switching technique

The soft switching are welding inverter reduces switching losses and improves operating environment of devices by using Zero-Voltage-Transition (ZVT) technique. Step-by-step analysis of each timing interval and the associating voltage and current waveforms are included for the Full-Bridge Zero-Voltage-Switched PWM converter. Numerous design equations supporting the phase-shifted soft switching technique are highlighted.

A research of arc welding inverter with high stable precision

This paper mainly introduces an output control method with high stable precision of a large power IGBT arc welding inverter. Experiments indicate that this kind of control mode can effectively improve the static and dynamic characteristics and stability of power supply system. And it can decrease the spatters in the welding process apparently. This power supply is especially suitable to automatic robot welding assembly line. It will be the developing direction of robot welding supply in the future.

Controlling the output power of soft switching arc welding inverter by two-stage continuous PWM method

The full bridge zero voltage zero current switching （ FB-ZVZCS ） , which could adjust the output power by keeping the duty ratio of lagging leg constant and changing the duty ratio of leading leg, was a common circuit of soft switching arc welding inverter power source. However, when the duty ratio of leading leg was reduced to zero, the output power stayed the constant value instead of becoming zero. The working status and waveforms of some major parameters were studied in this paper while the duty ratio of leading leg was zero. It was concluded that the minimum output power of soft switching inverter was related to the charging voltage of paraUel capacitors, and the output power also could be reduced by reducing the duty ratio of lagging leg. A novel two-stage continuous PWM control method that could switch working-mode between full bridge and half bridge was put forward in this paper. This kind of control method could further reduce the output power of soft switching inverter in order to meet the requirement of low heat input of sheet metal welding.

逆变器启动工况下光伏直流串联电弧故障识别方法

光伏系统逆变器启动时,最大功率点跟踪(maximum power point tracking,MPPT)等内部控制算法会引起电流瞬态变化,从而干扰直流串联电弧故障诊断装置对故障特征的正确识别,造成误动作。为此,针对逆变器启动情况下电弧故障检测装置易出现误动作的问题,提出一种基于无量纲特征量和灰色关联度的故障检测方法。首先分析了电弧故障RLC等效振荡模型,得出电弧电流信号在频域具有较宽的频带;然后分别对逆变器工况与电弧故障实测电流的频域特性进行了对比,发现正常工况与故障在1~20 kHz和40~60 kHz范围内的频谱在波峰陡峭度、所处位置等方面存在差别,使用峭度、偏度、峰值因子、冲击因子、裕度因子、波形因子等提取频谱特征,计算灰色关联度并进行故障识别;最后,分别使用模拟平台和实际光伏系统进行了试验验证。结果表明,所提方法可有效避免逆变器启动造成的干扰,提高故障识别的准确度。

可抑制故障电流中谐波分量的新型消弧线圈设计

针对当前的有源消弧方法因谐波电流检测精度不足而效果较差,以及传统消弧线圈在谐波影响下容易导致消弧失败的问题,设计了一种无须谐波检测便可有效抑制故障点残流中谐波分量的新型消弧线圈。该消弧线圈由逆变器并联传统消弧线圈构成,其中逆变器的指令电压根据中性点电位进行调整,可使逆变器支路不产生基波电流;逆变器的低谐波阻抗特性可有效降低故障点残流中的谐波分量;同时传统消弧线圈过补偿可抵消电容电流。经过Matlab和PSCAD/EMTDC(power systems computer aided design/electromagnetic transients including direct current)仿真,结果显示新型消弧线圈将故障点处的5次谐波、7次谐波分别由25.62、65.85 A降低到了0.11、0.57 A,能够实现可靠消弧。该研究在配电网消弧领域具有一定的应用前景。

中低速磁浮列车受流状态在线检测技术研究

中低速磁浮列车的受流器通过接触轨获取电能,但该接触过程中出现了电弧现象。为了检测和定位中低速磁浮列车运行过程中产生的电弧情况,文章根据紫外传感器和测速检测原理建立电弧检测系统,并在线路中进行试验测试。测试结果表明,电弧的燃弧点主要集中在接触轨的接缝处,燃弧率在标准可控范围内。

INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEM OF PULSED MAG WELDING INVERTER BASED ON DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR

A fuzzy logic intelligent control system of pulsed MAG welding inverter based on digital signal processor （DSP） is proposed to obtain the consistency of arc length in pulsed MAG welding. The proposed control system combines the merits of intelligent control with DSP digital control. The fuzzy logic intelligent control system designed is a typical two-input-single-output structure, and regards the error and the change in error of peak arc voltage as two inputs and the background time as single output. The fuzzy logic intelligent control system is realized in a look-up table （LUT） method by using MATLAB based fuzzy logic toolbox, and the implement of LUT method based on DSP is also discussed. The pulsed MAG welding experimental results demonstrate that the developed fuzzy logic intelligent control system based on DSP has strong arc length controlling ability to accomplish the stable pulsed MAG welding process and controls pulsed MAG welding inverter digitally and intelligently.

Soft switching arc welding power source using output inductor as resonant inductor

Full bridge Zero Voltage Switch PWM converter combines advantages of the PWM control technique and resonant technique. However, Full ZVS is achieved only under large load current because resonant tank of this circuit is made up of the parasitic capacitance of the power semiconductors and the leakage inductor of the transformer primary. In this paper two saturable inductors as magnetic switches are added to secondary, so output inductor is always reflected to primary and assists resonant transition. Full ZVS is achieved under lower load current. The above mentioned investigated results are validated by the computerized simulation and hardware circuit experiment.

计及等效负载变化的消弧逆变器性能分析与设计

分析了消弧逆变器等效负载的性质,结果表明:等效负载是有源负载,等效源具有较大的幅值和较宽的变化范围;随过渡电阻和故障距离的变化,等效负载阻抗可呈现阻性、阻感性和阻容性。这一结果表明逆变器需要在负载性质改变和等效电源扰动的情况下,仍能稳定跟踪包含多频次的给定电流。对抗扰性和跟踪性要求的提高,增加了设计难度。鉴于此,提出了消弧逆变器输出滤波器和控制器的设计方法。输出滤波器采用滤波电容分流法进行设计,保证了逆变器能输出包含多频次的电流。采用电容串联电阻来抑制阻感负载情况下带来的谐振失稳问题,并给出了串联电阻的计算方法。控制器采用了定带宽设计法,带宽选定在幅频特性重合段。控制器参数设计准则为:保证阻容负载情况下传函幅频特性低频段具有较高增益。采用PSCAD/EMTDC仿真验证了结论的正确性和所提设计方法的可行性。

计及配电网接地故障消弧的逆变器设计

针对现有的有源电压消弧方法未考虑线路阻抗和负荷影响,在配电网重载工况下会出现故障点电流较大,存在难以稳定消弧的问题,首先通过复合序网模型图分析了计及线路阻抗和负荷影响的电压消弧法的原理,推导出消弧逆变器的控制目标,并提出了一种适用于配电网有源电压消弧的逆变器设计方法。该逆变器采用平均值电压闭环,确定了控制器和滤波器的参数,实现了逆变器输出电压、相位的精确控制。最后,在PSCAD/EMTDC和实验室中分别搭建了仿真模型与实物样机进行验证,结果表明逆变器闭环参数设计合理,消弧逆变器具有良好的故障电流抑制性能。

CO_2电弧焊动态过程的MATLAB仿真研究

针对短路过渡型 Ｃ Ｏ２ 电弧焊系统存在本质非线性的特 点，采 用目前国际控制领域内 应用最广的 Ｍ Ａ Ｔ Ｌ Ａ Ｂ 软件，建立了“弧焊逆变器—非线性负载”系统的数字仿真模型。该模型以组合图形方式，直观、有效地表征了各环节的特性。通过系统仿真定量 地研究了 Ｃ Ｏ２ 电弧焊动态过程，给出 了负载电压、焊接电流随时间变化的仿真波形和短路过渡型 Ｃ Ｏ２ 电弧焊系统的相平面图。应用德国产 Ｈａｎｎｏｖｅｒ － Ｘ Ｉ Ｉ型焊接过程动态分析仪所获得的实测数据与计算机仿真结果基本相符。从而为研制工艺适应性优良的新型弧焊逆变电源和定量分析非线性弧焊系统的动态过程提供了一个强有力的工具。