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An Improved Predictive Current Control Scheme for Three-phase Voltage Source Converters

Meng Wang

College of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, P. R. China

E-mail Address: mengw423@yahoo.com

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Yanyan Shi

College of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, P. R. China

E-mail Address: yyshi113@hotmail.com

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218126616501334Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

For a fully digital control of PWM converters, considerable research has been done based on the predictive current control (PCC) scheme. However, it requires a large amount of calculation in the step of experimental implementation. Besides, when compared with the classical linear control scheme, the sampling interval of the PCC scheme must be shorter to obtain the same control performance for current. Due to this, a digital signal processor with excellent performance is required. This paper proposes an improved simplified model PCC scheme for three-phase PWM converters. The main objective is to simplify the PCC scheme. Also, the proposed control scheme is able to reduce the calculation time without affecting the performance. Simulations and experiments are carried out to investigate the presented novel predictive current control scheme. The results indicate that the three-phase PWM converter has excellent static and dynamic performance with the proposed scheme. Besides, the calculation time can be obviously shortened.

This paper was recommended by Regional Editor Piero Malcovati.

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