High-power density, single-phase cascaded H-bridge rectifier, control method, and control system
11621651 · 2023-04-04
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H02M3/158
ELECTRICITY
H02M7/4835
ELECTRICITY
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a high-power density, single-phase cascaded H-bridge rectifier, a control method, and a control system. The high-power density, single-phase cascaded H-bridge rectifier includes: an alternating current (AC) grid-side filter inductor and at least two cascaded power conversion units, where each power conversion unit includes an H-bridge power unit, a decoupling unit, and a direct current (DC)-side equivalent load that are connected in parallel; and each decoupling unit is an independent buck-type active power decoupling circuit, and the decoupling unit is configured to buffer secondary ripple power, to reduce a capacity of a DC bus capacitor.
Claims
1. A control method for a high-power density, single-phase cascaded H-bridge rectifier, the high-power density, single-phase cascaded H-bridge rectifier comprising: an alternating current (AC) grid-side filter inductor and at least two cascaded power conversion units, wherein each power conversion unit comprises an H-bridge power unit, a decoupling unit, and a direct current (DC)-side equivalent load that are connected in parallel; and each decoupling unit is an independent buck-type active power decoupling circuit, and the decoupling unit is configured to buffer secondary ripple power, to reduce a capacity of a DC bus capacitor, wherein the control method comprises: controlling a DC bus voltage of each power conversion unit in a closed-loop manner, to generate an operation voltage of the each power conversion unit and a total voltage of the H-bridge rectifier; using the total voltage of the H-bridge rectifier as an outer-loop given value, and controlling a grid-side current in a closed-loop manner, to generate an average modulation signal factor; comparing an average value of the total voltage of the H-bridge rectifier with each power unit voltage, and then multiplying a per-unit difference value by a grid-side voltage phase to obtain a result as a deviation modulation signal factor, to implement both voltage equalization and suppression of secondary pulsation of the DC bus voltage; superimposing the deviation modulation signal factor of the each power conversion unit with the average modulation signal factor, to generate a final modulation signal of the each power conversion unit; comparing the final modulation signal of the each power conversion unit with a carrier, and generating a drive signal of a switch tube of the each power conversion unit by using a single-pole double-frequency phase-shifted carrier modulation algorithm; and extracting a secondary ripple current on the DC bus of the each power conversion unit in real time, and calculating a duty cycle of a power switch tube in the decoupling unit online, to transfer secondary ripple power on the DC bus to the decoupling unit.
2. The control method for the high-power density, single-phase cascaded H-bridge rectifier according to claim 1, wherein the decoupling unit comprises a series-connected power module, the series-connected power module is formed by two switch power elements connected in series, two ends of the series-connected power module are respectively connected to a positive bus and a negative bus on a DC side of the corresponding power conversion unit, an intermediate connection point of the series-connected power module is connected to a circuit in which an inductor and a capacitor are connected in series, and the other end of the capacitor is connected to the negative bus on the DC side of the corresponding power conversion unit.
3. The control method for the high-power density, single-phase cascaded H-bridge rectifier according to claim 1, wherein the each power conversion unit further comprises: a DC filter capacitor connected to the DC-side equivalent load in parallel, wherein the DC filter capacitor is configured to eliminate a high-order harmonic wave.
4. The control method for the high-power density, single-phase cascaded H-bridge rectifier according to claim 1, wherein the DC-side equivalent load is a resistor element, a DC/DC converter, or a capacitor element.
5. The control method for the high-power density, single-phase cascaded H-bridge rectifier according to claim 1, wherein a process of generating the operation voltage of the each power conversion unit and the total voltage of the H-bridge rectifier is: to achieve stability and balance of a DC-side bus voltage of each cascaded unit, comparing a filtered actual output voltage on the DC side of the each cascaded unit with a voltage reference value, performing PI regulation on each difference value, to obtain a corresponding operation control voltage amplitude, and during system operation, adding up operation control voltages of all units in real time to obtain the total voltage of the H-bridge rectifier.
6. The control method for the high-power density, single-phase cascaded H-bridge rectifier according to claim 1, wherein a process of generating the average modulation signal factor is: dividing the total voltage of the H-bridge rectifier by a grid-side per-unit input voltage amplitude, and then multiplying a result by an output phase of a grid-side voltage phase-locked loop (PLL), to obtain a grid-side current reference voltage; and comparing an actually detected instantaneous grid current value with the grid-side current reference value, and performing static error free tracking of a current by using the grid-side filter inductor, to output the average modulation signal factor.
7. A control system of a high-power density, single-phase cascaded H-bridge rectifier, the high-power density, single-phase cascaded H-bridge rectifier comprising: an alternating current (AC) grid-side filter inductor and at least two cascaded power conversion units, wherein each power conversion unit comprises an H-bridge power unit, a decoupling unit, and a direct current (DC)-side equivalent load that are connected in parallel; and each decoupling unit is an independent buck-type active power decoupling circuit, and the decoupling unit is configured to buffer secondary ripple power, to reduce a capacity of a DC bus capacitor, wherein the control system comprises: a DC bus voltage control module, configured to control a DC bus voltage of each power conversion unit in a closed-loop manner, to generate an operation voltage of the each power conversion unit and a total voltage of the H-bridge rectifier; a unit-power-factor rectification module, configured to use the total voltage of the H-bridge rectifier as an outer-loop given value, and control a grid-side current in a closed-loop manner, to generate an average modulation signal factor; a voltage equalization module, configured to respectively compare an average value of the total voltage of the system with each power unit voltage, and then multiply a per-unit difference value by a grid-side voltage phase to obtain a result as a deviation modulation signal factor, to implement both voltage equalization and suppression of secondary pulsation of the DC bus voltage; a modulation-signal generation module, configured to superimpose the deviation modulation signal factor of the each power conversion unit with the average modulation signal factor, to generate a final modulation signal of the each power conversion unit; a drive-signal generation module, configured to compare the final modulation signal of the each power conversion unit with a carrier, and generate a drive signal of a switch tube of the each power conversion unit by using a single-pole double-frequency phase-shifted carrier modulation algorithm; and an active-power-decoupling control module, configured to extract a secondary ripple current on the DC bus of the each power conversion unit in real time, and calculate a duty cycle of a power switch tube in the decoupling unit online, to transfer secondary ripple power on the DC bus to the decoupling unit.
8. The control system of the high-power density, single-phase cascaded H-bridge rectifier according to claim 7, wherein in the DC bus voltage control module, a process of generating the operation voltage of the each power conversion unit and the total voltage of the H-bridge rectifier is: to achieve stability and balance of a DC-side bus voltage of each cascaded unit, comparing a filtered actual output voltage on the DC side of the each cascaded unit with a voltage reference value, performing PI regulation on each difference value, to obtain a corresponding operation control voltage amplitude, and during system operation, adding up operation control voltages of all units in real time to obtain the total voltage of the H-bridge rectifier.
9. The control system of the high-power density, single-phase cascaded H-bridge rectifier according to claim 7, wherein in the unit-power-factor rectification module, a process of generating the average modulation signal factor is: dividing the total voltage of the H-bridge rectifier by a grid-side per-unit input voltage amplitude, and then multiplying a result by an output phase of a grid-side voltage phase-locked loop (PLL), to obtain a grid-side current reference voltage; and comparing an actually detected instantaneous grid current value with the grid-side current reference value, and performing static error free tracking of a current by using the grid-side filter inductor, to output the average modulation signal factor.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) The accompanying drawings constituting a part of the present disclosure are used to provide further understanding of the present disclosure. Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure and descriptions thereof are used to explain the present disclosure, and do not constitute an improper limitation to the present disclosure.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
(17) The present disclosure is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
(18) It should be noted that the following detailed descriptions are all exemplary and are intended to provide a further description of the present disclosure. Unless otherwise specified, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure belongs.
(19) It should be noted that terms used herein are only for describing specific implementations and are not intended to limit exemplary implementations according to the present disclosure. As used herein, the singular form is intended to include the plural form, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In addition, it should be further understood that terms “include” and/or “comprise” used in this specification indicate that there are features, steps, operations, devices, assemblies, and/or combinations thereof.
(20) In this embodiment, a topology of the high-power density, single-phase cascaded H-bridge multilevel converter includes an AC power supply, an AC-side filter inductor, and N cascaded power converter submodules. N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.
(21) For the ease of analysis, an example in which two modules are cascaded is used, and a topology diagram thereof is shown in
(22) The full-bridge circuit is formed by power switch tubes S.sub.i1-S.sub.i4 (i=1, 2) combined with a reverse diode, where an emitter of S.sub.i1 is connected to a collector of S.sub.i2 to form a bridge arm A.sub.i, an emitter of S.sub.i3 is connected to a collector of S.sub.i4 to form a bridge arm B.sub.i, a midpoint between the two bridge arms is an input end of the full-bridge circuit, a common collector of S.sub.i1 is connected to a common collector of S.sub.i3, a common emitter of S.sub.i2 is connected to a common emitter of S.sub.i4, and a connection point between the common collectors and a connection point between the common emitter are used as an output end of the full-bridge circuit.
(23) The power decoupling circuit adopts buck-type active power decoupling, and is formed by two power switch tubes S.sub.i5 and S.sub.i6 combined with a reverse diode, a decoupling inductor L.sub.ri, and a decoupling capacitor C.sub.s1. An emitter of S.sub.i5 and a collector of S.sub.i6 are connected to form a decoupling bridge arm, and the decoupling inductor and the decoupling capacitor are connected in series, to connect a midpoint of the decoupling bridge arm and a common ground.
(24) The DC-side equivalent load includes a DC bus support capacitor C.sub.i and an equivalent load resistor R.sub.1 that are connected in parallel.
(25) i.sub.comp1 and i.sub.comp2 are respectively an output current of a rectifier unit 1 and an output current of a rectifier unit 2, and are used for extracting a secondary ripple current. u.sub.cs1 and u.sub.cs2 are respectively voltages of two ends of a decoupling capacitor C.sub.s1 and a decoupling capacitor C.sub.s2. i.sub.Lr1 and i.sub.Lr2 are currents flowing through a decoupling inductor L.sub.a and a decoupling inductor L.sub.r2. u.sub.dc1 and u.sub.dc2 are DC-side output voltages.
(26) Buck-type active power decoupling control and rectifier unit control are not coupled and can be performed independently. A solution of extracting a secondary ripple current in real time based on an adaptive frequency selector is adopted, and duty cycles of switch tubes of the decoupling bridge arm are distributed in real time through calculation. Such independent control does not increase complexity of system control although the active power decoupling control is added, and cooperation with voltage equalization control enables the system to have both high reliability and high power density. A principle of the power decoupling circuit compensating the secondary ripple power of the DC bus is as follows:
(27) A decoupling circuit of the first power submodule is used as an example. A decoupling capacitor is used as an energy storage element to store all ripple energy, and a decoupling inductor is only responsible for transferring energy. A working mode of a buck-type active power decoupling topology is shown in
(28) Calculation of a duty cycle of a switch tube of the active-power-decoupling control module is as follows:
(29) in the buck working stage, when S.sub.15 is on, the decoupling inductor performs charging, and a current rising slope is:
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(31) when S.sub.15 is off, the decoupling inductor performs discharging, and a current falling slope is:
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(33) in the boost working stage, when S.sub.16 is on, the decoupling inductor performs charging, and a current rising slope is:
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(35) when S.sub.16 is off, the decoupling inductor performs discharging, and a current falling slope is:
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(37) where U.sub.dc is a voltage of two ends of the DC bus of the decoupling circuit of the first power submodule;
(38) U.sub.cs is a voltage of two ends of a decoupling capacitor C.sub.s of the decoupling circuit of the first power submodule; and
(39) L.sub.r is the decoupling inductor of the decoupling circuit of the first power submodule.
(40) In a switching cycle, a secondary ripple current I.sub.ripple on the DC bus may be considered as a constant value. As shown in
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(42) In the buck working stage, an on duty cycle of S.sub.15 in each switching cycle may be represented as:
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(44) As shown in
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(46) where T.sub.s is the switching cycle.
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t.sub.1Boost_up=t.sub.2Boost_down (8)
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(49) The following formula can be obtained by substituting formula (9) into formula (7):
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(51) In the boost working stage, an on duty cycle of S.sub.16 in each switching cycle may be represented as:
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(53) where t.sub.1 is a rising time of the decoupling inductor current, and t.sub.2 is a falling time of the decoupling inductor current.
(54) Distribution of duty cycles of switch tubes of a buck-type active power decoupling bridge arm requires an accurate given secondary ripple reference current. With reference to good frequency selection characteristics of an adaptive filter, a form of a transfer function of the adaptive filter is transformed, so that the adaptive filter can become a frequency selector, configured to extract a specific frequency component from a signal. The transfer function thereof is as follows:
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(56) where ξ is an adaptive filter parameter, k is a constant coefficient, and ω is a frequency.
(57) A principle of a control method for a high-power density, single-phase cascaded H-bridge rectifier in this embodiment is:
(58) controlling a DC bus voltage of each power conversion unit in a closed-loop manner, to generate an operation voltage of the each power conversion unit and a total voltage of the H-bridge rectifier, where
(59) a process of generating the operation voltage of the each power conversion unit and the total voltage of the H-bridge rectifier is:
(60) to achieve stability and balance of a DC-side bus voltage of each cascaded unit, comparing a filtered actual output voltage on the DC side of the each cascaded unit with a voltage reference value, performing PI regulation on each difference value, to obtain a corresponding operation control voltage amplitude, and during system operation, adding up operation control voltages of all units in real time to obtain the total voltage of the H-bridge rectifier;
(61) using the total voltage of the H-bridge rectifier as an outer-loop given value, and controlling a grid-side current in a closed-loop manner, to generate an average modulation signal factor, where a process of generating the average modulation signal factor is:
(62) dividing the total voltage of the H-bridge rectifier by a grid-side per-unit input voltage amplitude, and then multiplying a result by an output phase of a grid-side voltage PLL, to obtain a grid-side current reference voltage; and
(63) comparing an actually detected instantaneous grid current value with the grid-side current reference value, and performing static error free tracking of a current by using the grid-side filter inductor, to output the average modulation signal factor;
(64) comparing an average value of the total voltage of the system with each power unit voltage, and then multiplying a per-unit difference value by a grid-side voltage phase to obtain a result as a deviation modulation signal factor, to implement both voltage equalization and suppression of secondary pulsation of the DC bus voltage;
(65) superimposing the deviation modulation signal factor of the each power conversion unit with the average modulation signal factor, to generate a final modulation signal of the each power conversion unit;
(66) comparing the final modulation signal of the each power conversion unit with a carrier, and generating a drive signal of a switch tube of the each power conversion unit by using a single-pole double-frequency phase-shifted carrier modulation algorithm; and
(67) extracting a secondary ripple current on the DC bus of the each power conversion unit in real time, and calculating a duty cycle of a power switch tube in the decoupling unit online, to transfer secondary ripple power on the DC bus to the decoupling unit.
(68) An independent active-power-decoupling control policy for a single-phase cascaded H-bridge rectifier can implement all of unit power factor rectification, active power decoupling control and DC-side voltage equalization control. The control policy is formed by a unit-power-factor rectification module, a DC bus voltage control module, a voltage equalization module, a modulation-signal generation module, an active power decoupling module, and a drive-signal generation module, and a control block diagram of the control policy is shown in
(69) A working principle of the single-phase frequency multiplication phase-shifted carrier modulation algorithm is shown in
(70) Upon the foregoing control, unit power factor rectification, DC-side output voltage equalization control, and active power decoupling can be implemented.
(71) A simulation experiment in MATLAB/Simulink is performed to verify validity of the mentioned topology and control solution. Simulation parameters are shown in Table 1.
(72) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Simulation parameter Value Effective value u.sub.s of a grid voltage 400 V Grid frequency f 50 Hz Grid-connected inductor L.sub.S 12 mH Quantity of cascaded units 2 DC-side support capacitors C.sub.1 and C.sub.2 100 uF Decoupling capacitors C.sub.S1 and C.sub.S2 150 uF Decoupling inductors L.sub.r1 and L.sub.r2 200 uH DC-side output voltages U.sub.dc1 and U.sub.dc2 800 V Total output power 8 kW Switching frequency f.sub.s of a rectifier unit 10 kHz Switching frequency f.sub.s of a decoupling unit 20 kHz
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(78) A result of the foregoing simulation experiment shows that, in the embodiments, the single-phase H-bridge rectifier having independent active power decoupling and a control policy thereof better implement an active power decoupling function while ensuring a unit power factor of a system and the DC bus voltage balance, thereby effectively suppressing DC-side ripple power, reducing a capacitance value of the DC-side support capacitor, and improving system reliability and power density of the system.
(79) The foregoing descriptions are merely preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, but are not intended to limit the present disclosure. A person skilled in the art may make various alterations and variations to the present disclosure. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.