Hybrid ANPC Grid-Tied Inverter Design with Passivity-Based Sliding Mode Control Strategy
<p>A three-phase hybrid ANPC grid-tied inverter circuit.</p> "> Figure 2
<p>PS-PWM scheme. Blue and red triangle waves are two carrier waves with a 180° phase difference; Black sine wave is reference wave.</p> "> Figure 3
<p>States of PS-PWM control: (<b>a</b>) positive cycle; (<b>b</b>) two ZVS for positive state; (<b>c</b>) negative cycle; (<b>d</b>) two ZVS for negative state.</p> "> Figure 4
<p>Switching states of PS-SWM control. (<b>a</b>) positive cycle; (<b>b</b>) negative cycle. Blue and red triangle waves are two carrier waves with a 180° phase difference; Black sine wave is reference wave. The red square wave represents the PWM waveform in the positive cycle while the blue one represents it in the negative cycle.</p> "> Figure 5
<p>Block diagram of the grid-tied inverter equivalent circuit model.</p> "> Figure 6
<p>Block diagram of passive controller.</p> "> Figure 7
<p>Block diagram of PSM controller.</p> "> Figure 8
<p>Diagram of the system.</p> "> Figure 9
<p>Passive control with load mutation. The red, blue, and black lines are three phase current waves.</p> "> Figure 10
<p>PSM with load mutation.</p> "> Figure 11
<p>SMC with load mutation.</p> "> Figure 12
<p>Passive control with different reference currents.</p> "> Figure 13
<p>PSM with different reference currents.</p> "> Figure 14
<p>SMC with different reference currents.</p> "> Figure 15
<p>Loss distribution of switches.</p> "> Figure 16
<p>Hybrid structure.</p> "> Figure 17
<p>Si/SiC hybrid structure.</p> "> Figure 18
<p>Si/GaN hybrid structure.</p> ">
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Design of PSM Controller for Hybrid ANPC Grid-Tied Inverters
2.1. Hybrid ANPC Grid-Tied Inverter Model
2.2. Passive System and Controller Design
2.3. PSM Controller Design
2.4. Simulation and Results
2.4.1. Impedance Variations on the Grid Side
2.4.2. Changes in Output Reference Current
3. Design of Hybrid Inverter Based on Loss Analysis
3.1. Analysis of Loss Distribution
3.2. Design of Hybrid Structure
4. Conclusions and Future Work
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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States | Sa1 | Sa2 | Sa3 | Sa4 | Sa5 | Sa6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | on | on | off | off | off | on |
0+1 | off | on | off | off | on | off |
0+2 | on | off | on | off | off | on |
0−1 | off | on | off | on | on | off |
0−2 | off | off | on | off | off | on |
Negative | off | off | on | on | on | off |
Parameters | Value | Parameters | Value |
---|---|---|---|
Input voltage, Vdc | 800 V | Grid-side inductance, Lgi | 1.58 mH |
Input capacitors, C1, C2 | 5 mF | Filter capacitors, Cf | 0.1 mF |
Filter inductance, Li | 3 mH | Grid voltage, ugi | 220 V |
Switching frequency, fs | 10,000 Hz | Resistance of inductance, Ri | 1 mΩ |
Grid-side resistance, Rg | 0.8929 Ω |
Controller | Parameters | Value |
---|---|---|
Passive controller | R | 0.44645 |
Ra1, Ra2 | 100 | |
SMC | λ1, λ2 | 47 |
R | 0.44645 | |
k1, k2 | 20,000 | |
PSM controller | Ra1, Ra2 | 50 |
k1, k2 | 100 | |
R | 0.44645 | |
λ1, λ2 | 13,100 |
Devices | Si | SiC | GaN |
---|---|---|---|
Conduction loss (W) | 28.24 | 21.97 | 11.22 |
Switching loss (W) | 41.08 | 2.409 | 2.9 |
Total loss (W) | 69.32 | 24.389 | 14.12 |
Devices | Si | SiC | GaN | Si/SiC | Si/GaN |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conduction loss (W) | 28.24 | 21.97 | 11.22 | 21.5 | 12.58 |
Switching loss (W) | 41.08 | 2.409 | 2.9 | 6.14 | 6.3 |
Total loss (W) | 69.32 | 24.389 | 14.12 | 27.64 | 18.88 |
Cost (USD) | 59.52 | 273.12 | 254.4 | 201.92 | 189.44 |
Power (W) | 10,492.04 | 10,626.83 | 10,657.64 | 10,617.08 | 10,643.36 |
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Zhang Y, Li K, Zhang L. Hybrid ANPC Grid-Tied Inverter Design with Passivity-Based Sliding Mode Control Strategy. Energies. 2024; 17(15):3655. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17153655
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Yifei, Kang Li, and Li Zhang. 2024. "Hybrid ANPC Grid-Tied Inverter Design with Passivity-Based Sliding Mode Control Strategy" Energies 17, no. 15: 3655. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17153655