Comprehensive predictive control of neutral-point voltage balancing for back-to-back three-level NPC converters

A comprehensive predictive strategy was proposed for the neutral-point balancing control of back-to-back three-level converters. The phase currents at both sides and the DC-link capacitor voltages were measured for the prediction of the neutral-point current. A quality function was found to balance the neutral-point, and a metabolic on-times distribution factor was used as a predicator to minimize the quality function at each switching state. Simulation results show that the proposed method produces smaller ripples in tested signals compared with the established one, namely, 9.15% less in a total harmonic distortion(THD) of line-to-line voltage, 1.08% less in the THD of phase current, and 0.9 V less in the ripple of the neutral-point voltage. The obtained experimental results show that the main harmonics of the line-to-line voltage and the phase current in the proposed method are improved by 10 d B and 6 d B, respectively, and the ripple of neutral-point voltage is halved compared to the established one.

Controllability of Neutral Impulsive Differential Inclusions with Non-Local Conditions

In this short article, we have studied the controllability result for neutral impulsive differential inclusions with nonlocal conditions by using the fixed point theorem for condensing multi-valued map due to Martelli [1]. The system considered here follows the P.D.E involving spatial partial derivatives with α-norms.

Low-complexity model predictive control of a four-level active neutral point clamped inverter without weighting factors

The four-level active neutral point clamped(ANPC)inverter has become increasingly widely used in the renewable energy indus-try since it offers one more voltage level without increasing the total number of active switches compared to the three-level ANPC inverter.The model predictive current control(MPCC)is a promising control method for multi-level inverters.However,the conven-tional MPCC suffers from high computational complexity and tedious weighting factor tuning in multi-level inverter applications.A low-complexity MPCC without weighting factors for a four-level ANPC inverter is proposed in this paper.The computational burden and voltage vector candidate set are reduced according to the relationship between voltage vector and neutral point voltage balance.The proposed MPCC shows excellent steady-state and dynamics performances while ensuring the neutral point voltage balancing.The efficacy of the proposed MPCC is verified by simulation and experimental results.

Evaluation Method of Output Waveform Quality for Neutral⁃Point⁃ Clamped Three⁃Level Converter

An analytical evaluation method for output waveform quality of space vector pulse width modulation(PWM)strategies applied in neutral⁃point⁃clamped three⁃level converter(3L⁃NPC)is proposed in this paper.Low frequency error caused by neutral point voltage ripple and high frequency error introduced by space vector synthesis were both taken into account,and the unified error model of output current ripple was established.By taking continuous and discontinuous modulation strategies as examples,the unified error model was validated through Fourier analysis of the experimental results.The proposed evaluation method will be helpful for the switching sequence optimization and the modulation strategy selection.

A Review of State-of-the-art Flexible Power Point Tracking Algorithms in Photovoltaic Systems for Grid Support:Classification and Application

To maximize conversion efficiency,photovoltaic(PV)systems generally operate in the maximum power point tracking(MPPT)mode.However,due to the increasing penetra tion level of PV systems,there is a need for more developed control functions in terms of frequency support services and voltage control to maintain the reliability and stability of the power grid.Therefore,flexible active power control is a manda tory task for grid-connected PV systems to meet part of the grid requirements.Hence,a significant number of flexible pow er point tracking(FPPT)algorithms have been introduced in the existing literature.The purpose of such algorithms is to real ize a cost-effective method to provide grid support functional ities while minimizing the reliance on energy storage systems.This paper provides a comprehensive overview of grid support functionalities that can be obtained with the FPPT control of PV systems such as frequency support and volt-var control.Each of these grid support functionalities necessitates PV sys tems to operate under one of the three control strategies,which can be provided with FPPT algorithms.The three control strate gies are classified as:①constant power generation control(CP GC),②power reserve control(PRC),and③power ramp rate control(PRRC).A detailed discussion on available FPPT algo rithms for each control strategy is also provided.This paper can serve as a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art FPPT algorithms that can equip PV systems with various grid support functionalities.

A novel SVPWM strategy considering neutral-point potential balancing for three-level NPC inverter

This paper proposes a novel SVPWM （space vector pulse width modulation） strategy for the three-level neutral-point-clamped voltage source inverter, based on the particular disposition of all the redundant voltage vectors. The new modulation approach shows superior performance for harmonic voltage and balancing control of neutral-point potential compared to the popular eight-stage centered SVPWM. It realizes suppression of inverter neutral-point potential variation by accurately modifying redundant factor of small vectors pairs, only requiring information of DC-link capacitor voltages and three-phase load currents. This is convenient to apply and is compatible of digital computer realization. Feasibility of the proposed control approach is verified by simulation and experimental results.

Existence and Controllability Result for Nonlinear Neutral Evolution Integrodifferential Systems

In this paper, we establish sufficient conditions for existence and controllability of nonlinear neutral evolution integroditferential systems in Banach spaces. The result is obtained by using the resolvent operators and fixed point analysis approach.

法国阿尔斯通公司的Point-on-Wave Controller

本文介绍了大唐韩城第二发电有限责任公司工期2×600 MW工程中采用的国内首次引进法国阿尔斯通公司生产的断路器控制器RPH2的工作原理。以及在不同工况下,如何通过控制断路器各相的分/合闸时间点,来减少断路器正常分/合闸对设备和系统造成冲击。最后介绍了该装置的环境补偿、自适应和负荷电流测量功能。

适用于中点箝位型三电平逆变器的多目标调制策略

为同时实现中点箝位型三电平逆变器的中点电压平衡和共模电压降低,分别分析了基于载波脉宽调制(CBPWM)和基于虚拟空间矢量脉宽调制(VSVPWM)的中点电压平衡和共模电压降低方法。基于CBPWM提出一种可以降低共模电压的载波脉宽调制(RCMV_CBPWM)策略,可将大多数工作区域的共模电压限制在直流侧电压的1/6以内。为了实现上述2个目标,同时不过分增加开关损耗,在RCMV_CBPWM基础上提出了一种多目标调制(MOPWM)策略,在全调制度和全负载功率因数范围内,共模电压可限制在直流侧电压的1/6以内并实现中点电压平衡,且其开关损耗低于VSVPWM。比较了MOPWM、RCMV_CBPWM和VSVPWM在中点电压控制、共模电压降低和开关损耗降低方面的性能。实验结果验证了MOPWM的可行性和优越性。

基于电压补偿的双端直流配电网电压就地协调控制

双端直流配电网是一种双端电源供电的网络结构,可为直流负荷提供更加稳定和可靠的电源电压。然而,负荷的功率波动和不平衡使线路电压跌落增大,可能导致直流负荷的电压不平衡度和电压偏差指标越限,影响直流负荷的正常运行。文中基于电压源型换流器(VSC)外环电压控制,考虑中线电压补偿,提出基于电压补偿等效模型的直流配电网电压偏差及不平衡度联合抑制策略,实现直流配电网电压就地协调控制。首先,建立双端直流配电网潮流模型,将VSC电压下垂控制引入潮流模型,分析不同控制策略下的电压偏差和不平衡度的特性。其次,在此基础上,以电压最低点为分点获得双端电源供电回路压降的简化等效模型,并利用最小二乘法实现等效阻抗参数辨识,构建双端直流配电网的电压补偿等效模型。以参数辨识结果作为电压外环控制输入,提出考虑中线电压补偿的双端直流配电网电压就地协调控制策略。最后,在MATLAB/Simulink中搭建仿真模型,验证了双端直流配电网潮流模型的正确性和控制策略的有效性。

一种新型三电平变换器中点电压平衡调制策略

在大功率轨道交通装备领域中,三电平变换器因具有众多优点,在实际中得到广泛应用,但是也存在中点电压不平衡这一固有问题。为解决三电平中点箝位(NPC)型变换器存在的中点电压不平衡问题,减少输出相电流畸变情况,提高系统运行稳定性,文章提出了一种基于分析中点电荷量的双自由度新型中点电压平衡调制策略。该调制策略首先从数学分析的角度介绍了三电平变换器直流侧中点电压不平衡问题的原因;之后分析了在空间矢量脉宽调制(SVPWM)技术中,电压矢量输出序列对中点电压的影响;最后基于上述分析结果,改进传统的电压矢量输出序列,并基于改进序列的特点提出了一种新的双自由度中点电压平衡调制策略,通过双自由度的平衡因子调节作用时间。理论上,所提出的新型调制策略具有更多可控电荷量,相较于传统方法具有更良好的控制效果;仿真和试验结果验证了所提的新型调制策略对中点电压的控制效果具有更好的快速性和稳定性。综上所述,文章所提的新型双自由度调制策略可更有效解决三电平变换器存在的中点电压不平衡问题。

基于SHEPWM的三电平三相逆变器中点电位主动平衡控制策略

在大功率系统中,常采用特定次谐波消除脉宽调制(SHEPWM)以降低系统的开关损耗。针对三电平中点钳位(NPC)型三相逆变器在SHEPWM下的中点电位偏移问题,分析SHEPWM下逆变器输出相电压基波与3次谐波在不同电压相位范围内对中点电位的影响,设计两种在基波周期内对中点电位总充放电效果相反的开关角组合方案,并提出一种通过测量中点电位偏移值及中点电位滞环控制,选择不同的开关角组合方案进行调制的中点电位主动平衡控制策略。实验结果验证了所提出方法的实用性及有效性。

Control Method of Three-level Neutral-point-clamped Inverter Based on Voltage Vector Diagram Partition

A new modulation approach was presented for the control of neutral-point (NP) voltage variation in the three-level NP-clamped voltage source inverter, and the average NP current model was established based on vector diagram partition. Thus, theory base was built for balancing control of NP potential. Theoretical analysis and experimental results indicate that the proposed method for NP balancing control vector synthe- sizing concept based can make the average NP current zero, and do not inffuence NP potential within every sample period. The effectiveness of proposed research approach was verified by simulative and experimental results.

高速磁浮背靠背三电平ANPC变流器中点电压偏移机理与协同控制策略

高速磁浮交通牵引变流器采用24 MVA背靠背三电平有源中点钳位拓扑,其中两台整流器和两台逆变器共用直流母线。该文分析整流侧和逆变侧在不同功率因数下中点电压(neutral point voltage,NPV)偏移机理及不同电压矢量对NPV的具体影响。据此,针对高速磁浮逆变器并联和串联两种模式,建立NPV偏移模型,得到在调制比和功率因数同时变化时NPV的可控区域。为在全速范围保证NPV平衡,提出一种基于平移调制波的协同控制策略。为减轻整流器功率因数和调制比对NPV的影响,采用一种具有相电压半波对称性的载波脉宽调制,并证明其具备NPV自平衡能力。仿真和硬件在环实验表明,所提策略具有NPV恢复到平衡状态所需时间短、可控范围大等优点,可在高速磁浮全速工况下保证NPV平衡。

六相NPC-H逆变器共模电压消除与中点电压平衡

多相逆变器具有容错性好、控制自由度高、低压大功率等优势,在船舶推进、多电飞机等领域得到广泛应用。为了实现更高电压的输出,通常采用多电平拓扑。在多电平拓扑中,保持中点电压平衡是维持系统稳定运行的关键。研究的H桥逆变器共模电压是产生开绕组永磁同步电机零序环流的主要因素之一。因此,有必要抑制逆变器输出的共模电压。针对六相NPC-H桥逆变器,提出共模电压消除和中点电压平衡的调制方法,在该调制方法的基础上通过注入零序电压的方式使中点电压保持平衡,并且充分利用了多相的优势,使响应速度更快、平衡效果较好。最后,通过仿真和实验验证了该调制策略的有效性。

A Pulse Width Modulation Scheme With Zero-sequence Voltage Injection for Single Phase Three-level NPC Rectifiers

直流侧中点电位电压偏移是多电平中性点钳位型变流器的主要缺点。以单相三电平NPC整流器为研究对象，以实现直流侧中点电位无漂移为控制目标，以传统的单相三电平单极性载波脉宽调制方法为基础，首先提出一种基于零序电压分量注入的载波脉宽调制算法；然后在此基础上给出基于零序电压分量极限值注入的载波脉宽调制算法；并给出这2种方法的零序电压分量的设计方案；最后，对这2种方法进行了详细的理论分析、计算机仿真和1kW样机实验对比验证。研究结果表明：所提出的2种算法都能有效实现直流侧中点电位平衡控制，其中基于零序电压分量极限值注入的载波调制算法的中点电位控制具有更快动态响应速度，且其网侧电流的高次谐波主要分布在开关频率附近；而基于零序电压分量注入的载波调制算法的网侧电流高次谐波主要分布在2倍开关频率附近。但是在一个调制信号周期内，基于零序电压分量极限值注入的载波调制算法的开关切换次数比基于零序电压分量注入的载波调制算法低25％左右。

基于钳位方式切换的Vienna整流器载波断续脉冲宽度调制策略

当Vienna整流器工作在直流电压不平衡条件下时,传统载波断续脉宽调制(carried-based discontinuous pulse-width modulation,CB-DPWM)会增加输入电流谐波和中点电压波动。为解决上述问题,提出一种基于钳位方式切换的CB-DPWM策略。为了减小输入电流谐波,根据变化的电压矢量对子区域和零序分量进行重新划分和计算。据此,建立统一的CB-DPWM调制波,分析可运行区域,得到直流电压不平衡度和可运行区域成反比的结论。结合中点电流分析不同钳位方式对中点电压大小的影响,并根据直流电压不平衡度的大小实时切换钳位方式,从而有效地减小中点电压波动。通过钳位区域判断和优化开关序列,减少切换钳位方式引入的开关动作,提高了Vienna整流器效率。最后,在Vienna整流器实验平台上验证所提策略的有效性。

基于双矢量的三电平PFC中点电位平衡无权重型模型预测控制

以三相Vienna整流器为研究对象,针对有限集模型预测控制FCS-MPC(finite control set model predictive control)实现中点电位平衡控制时权重因子选取困难,采样周期内作用单一矢量引起网侧电流纹波较大的问题,提出一种基于双矢量的无权重型模型预测控制UF-MPC(unweighted factor model predictive control)策略。首先,构建基于功率预测的单目标价值函数。然后,通过扇区划分同时采用无权重因子的方式来提高单次寻优效率,根据直流侧中点电位的波动优选冗余小矢量,实现无权重因子的中点电位平衡控制。在获取最优矢量的基础上,结合零矢量实现了双矢量固定开关频率控制。最后,基于RT-LAB半实物平台从稳态、暂态、中点电位波动方面进行验证,有效证明了所提控制策略的正确性和有效性。