The paper deals with the control of three-phase voltage source rectifiers (VSRs) with an arbitrary number of voltage levels. By means of an approach borrowed from the “Direct Torque Control” of AC drives, the paper presents an enhanced direct power control (DPC) strategy for VSRs which directly controls both active (P) and reactive (Q) line power by considering the values of their time derivatives. This control strategy can be applied both to the Neutral Point Clamped and to Cascaded H-bridge multilevel converters. In every sampling interval the proposed control technique is able to select the most suitable converter voltage vector to obtain good dynamic response and to maintain P and Q within their respective reference bands. This result is achieved in the different operating conditions by means of a Dynamic Look-Up Table (D-LUT) of the converter voltage vectors, which are ordered on the basis of their influence on P and Q time derivatives. The mentioned D-LUT depends on the instantaneous operating point and is not predetermined. Some significant operating conditions are numerically investigated in order to show the capability of the modified DPC technique to ensure good values of power quality indexes for the grid. Experimental results on a laboratory setup based on a three-level VSR show good accordance with the simulation ones

Quick and high performance direct power control for multilevel voltage source rectifiers / Brando, Gianluca; Dannier, Adolfo; DEL PIZZO, Andrea; DI NOIA, LUIGI PIO; Spina, Ivan. - In: ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS RESEARCH. - ISSN 0378-7796. - 121:(2015), pp. 152-169. [10.1016/j.epsr.2014.12.008]

Quick and high performance direct power control for multilevel voltage source rectifiers

BRANDO, Gianluca;DANNIER, ADOLFO;DEL PIZZO, ANDREA;DI NOIA, LUIGI PIO;SPINA, IVAN
2015

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The paper deals with the control of three-phase voltage source rectifiers (VSRs) with an arbitrary number of voltage levels. By means of an approach borrowed from the “Direct Torque Control” of AC drives, the paper presents an enhanced direct power control (DPC) strategy for VSRs which directly controls both active (P) and reactive (Q) line power by considering the values of their time derivatives. This control strategy can be applied both to the Neutral Point Clamped and to Cascaded H-bridge multilevel converters. In every sampling interval the proposed control technique is able to select the most suitable converter voltage vector to obtain good dynamic response and to maintain P and Q within their respective reference bands. This result is achieved in the different operating conditions by means of a Dynamic Look-Up Table (D-LUT) of the converter voltage vectors, which are ordered on the basis of their influence on P and Q time derivatives. The mentioned D-LUT depends on the instantaneous operating point and is not predetermined. Some significant operating conditions are numerically investigated in order to show the capability of the modified DPC technique to ensure good values of power quality indexes for the grid. Experimental results on a laboratory setup based on a three-level VSR show good accordance with the simulation ones
2015
Quick and high performance direct power control for multilevel voltage source rectifiers / Brando, Gianluca; Dannier, Adolfo; DEL PIZZO, Andrea; DI NOIA, LUIGI PIO; Spina, Ivan. - In: ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS RESEARCH. - ISSN 0378-7796. - 121:(2015), pp. 152-169. [10.1016/j.epsr.2014.12.008]
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