Current and Voltage Model Predictive Control for a Three-Stage Smart Transformer

Giampaolo Buticchi, Luca Tarisciotti, Pat Wheeler, Shuai Shao, Linglin Chen

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    Abstract

    Power Electronics has been widely employed in many industrial areas: transportation, electrical energy conversion and distribution and power systems. Recently, the attention towards the dc grids has increased, due to the possible advantages in terms of efficiency gain due to the direct connection of power electronics without the ac-dc conversion stage. Solid state transformers are an attractive solution to enable the dc connectivity both for the medium-and low-voltage grids and to provide at the same time additional services to the ac grid. Given that the dc grids are usually power electronics comminated, a good control of the dc buses is envisaged in addition to a good grid current control. This paper shows how a full-predictive current/voltage control for the medium voltage dc-ac converter and the dc-dc converter of a three-stage solid state transformer can offer good performance in the dc bus regulation and outperforms the conventional current control methods for the grid current control.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of 2021 IEEE 30th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2021
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    ISBN (Electronic)9781728190235
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 20 Jun 2021
    Event30th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2021 - Kyoto, Japan
    Duration: 20 Jun 202123 Jun 2021

    Publication series

    NameIEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics
    Volume2021-June

    Conference

    Conference30th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2021
    Country/TerritoryJapan
    CityKyoto
    Period20/06/2123/06/21

    Keywords

    • de microgrids
    • predictive control
    • smart transformer
    • solid state transformer

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    • Control and Systems Engineering

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