• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.97-108
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• 2007

This paper describes simple control structures for a vector controlled stand-alone induction generator (IG) for use under variable speeds. Different control principles, indirect vector control and deadbeat current control, are developed for a voltage source PWM converter and the three-phase variable speed squirrel-cage IG to regulate DC-link and generator voltages with a newly designed phase locked loop circuit. The required reactive power for the variable speed IG is supplied by means of a PWM converter and a capacitor bank to buildup the voltage of the IG without the need for a battery, to reduce the rating of the PWM converter while using only three sensors and to eliminate the harmonics generated by the PWM converter. These proposed schemes can be used efficiently for variable speed wind energy conversion systems. The measurements of the IG systems at various speeds and loads are given and show that these systems are capable of good AC and DC voltage regulation.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.168-178
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• 2019

Discrete space vector modulation (DSVM) is an effective method to improve the steady-state performance of the finite control set predictive control for permanent magnet synchronous motor drive systems. However, it requires complex computations due to the presence of numerous virtual voltage vectors. This paper proposes an improved finite control set model-free predictive control using DSVM to reduce the computational burden. First, model-free deadbeat current control is used to generate the reference voltage vector. Then, based on the principle that the voltage vector closest to the reference voltage vector minimizes the cost function, the optimal voltage vector is obtained in an effective way which avoids evaluation of the cost function. Additionally, in order to implement double-objective control, a two-level decisional cost function is designed to sequentially reduce the stator currents tracking error and the inverter switching frequency. The effectiveness of the proposed control is validated based on experimental tests.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.113-123
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• 2006

In this paper, an improved direct torque control (DTC) method for sensorless matrix converter drives is proposed which enables to minimize torque ripple, to obtain unity input power factor, and to achieve good sensorless speed-control performance in the low speed operation, while maintaining constant switching frequency and fast torque dynamics. It is possible to combine the advantages of matrix converters with the advantages of the DTC strategy using space vector modulation and a flux deadbeat controller. To overcome the phase current distortion by the non-linearity of a matrix converter drive, the simple non-linearity compensation method using PQR power theory are presented in the proposed scheme. Experimental results are shown to illustrate the feasibility of the proposed strategy.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.2618-2624
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• 2009

전기추진선박의 추진시스템에서 중요하게 고려해야 할 사항이 전력변환장치에 의해 전동기에 공급되는 전압 및 전류에 포함되는 고조파 성분을 억제하는 것이다. 근래에 특수선박의 전기추진시스템에서 속도 및 토크제어기법으로 많이 사용하고 있는 벡터제어방식이 많은 제어기와 복잡한 연산을 요구하고 토크의 동적 특성이 전동기의 정수변화에 영향이 큰 단점을 가지고 있어서 대안으로 제시되고 있는 제어기법 중에 하나가 직접토크제어방식이다. 하지만 직접토크제어방식은 영벡터를 인가하지 않으므로 토크리플이 심하여 공급 전류파형에 고조파 성분이 포함되는 단점을 가지고 있으므로 이를 해결해야 한다. 본 논문에서는 유도전동기를 추진기로 채용하고 있는 LNG 선박의 전기추진시스템에서 직접토크제어방식을 사용하는 경우에 고조파 발생을 저감하기 위한 제어방식을 제시한다. 새로운 직접토크제어방식은 샘플링 주파수의 변화없이 복잡한 제어기를 사용하지 않고 인버터 스위칭 주파수를 일정하게 유지한 채 개선된 공간벡터 변조법에 의해 인버터를 제어하는 방식이다. 제안된 방식의 유효성은 추진기에 공급되는 전류파형에 포함된 고조파 성분의 분석과 속도제어 특성을 통해 입증한다.