Voltage Balance Control of Cascaded H-Bridge Rectifier-Based Solid-State Transformer with Vector Refactoring Technology in αβ Frame

Hui Wong; Wendong Huang; Li Yin

Voltage Balance Control of Cascaded H-Bridge Rectifier-Based Solid-State Transformer with Vector Refactoring Technology in αβ Frame

Hui Wong

Wendong Huang

Li Yin

Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 487-496, Mar. 2019

10.6113/JPE.2019.19.2.487

αβ frame control

Cascaded H-bridge rectifier

Solid-state transformer

Voltage and power balance

Vector refactoring

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Abstract

For a solid-state transformer (SST), some factors, such as signal delay, switching loss and differences in the system parameters, lead to unbalanced DC-link voltages among the cascaded H-bridges (CHB). With a control method implemented in the αβ frame, the DC-link voltages are balanced, and the reactive power is equally distributed among all of the H-bridges. Based on the αβ frame control, the system can achieve independent active current and reactive current control. In addition, the control method of the high-voltage stage is easy to implement without decoupling or a phase-locked loop. Furthermore, the method can eliminate additional current delays during transients and get the dynamic response rapidly without an imaginary current component. In order to carry out the controller design, the vector refactoring relations that are used to balance DC-link voltages are derived. Different strategies are discussed and simulated under the unbalanced load condition. Finally, a three-cell CHB rectifier is constructed to conduct further research, and the steady and transient experimental results verify the effectiveness and correctness of the proposed method.

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[IEEE Style]

H. Wong, W. Huang, L. Yin, "Voltage Balance Control of Cascaded H-Bridge Rectifier-Based Solid-State Transformer with Vector Refactoring Technology in αβ Frame," Journal of Power Electronics, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 487-496, 2019. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2019.19.2.487.

[ACM Style]

Hui Wong, Wendong Huang, and Li Yin. 2019. Voltage Balance Control of Cascaded H-Bridge Rectifier-Based Solid-State Transformer with Vector Refactoring Technology in αβ Frame. Journal of Power Electronics, 19, 2, (2019), 487-496. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2019.19.2.487.