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Recent Advances in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Author(s): Wenbao Hou*, Zang Ling and Delu Li

DOI: 10.2174/2352096515666220620100034

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Control Design for the NPC Three-Level Grid-Connected Converter with Non-Ideal Grid System

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Abstract

Background: The large-scale distributed new energy integrations bring about various non-ideal grid situations, which could deteriorate the control performance of grid-connected converters.

Objective: This study aims to improve the control performance of the grid-connected converters when the grid is non-ideal.

Methods: Firstly, a neutral point clamped (NPC) three-level grid-connected converter was studied, and the characteristics of the non-ideal grid were analyzed in detail. Then, a real-time signal extraction method called generalized sliding discrete Fourier transform (GSDFT) has been proposed to extract the non-ideal signals, e.g., harmonic components and negative sequence components, based on which a double closed-loop control strategy was designed to improve the control performance of the grid-connected converters when the grid is non-ideal.

Results: The experimental results show that the converter double closed-loop control strategy in the non-ideal grid environment is suitable for a variety of non-ideal grid environments, and the gridconnected effect is good.

Conclusion: Firstly, this paper analyzes the characteristics of non-ideal grid and establishes the mathematical model of NPC three-level grid-connected converter in non-ideal grid environment. Secondly, aiming at the problem of characteristic harmonics and negative sequence components in non-ideal power grid, a real-time and fast extraction method of non-ideal signals based on generalized sliding discrete Fourier transform is proposed. Finally, taking the three-phase grid current of grid-connected converter as the control target, the closed-loop control strategy of non-ideal signal extraction based on GSDFT is designed, and a good control effect is achieved.

Keywords: Non-ideal grid system, grid-connected converter, generalized sliding discrete Fourier transform, double control, grid voltage, neutral point clamped.

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