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transient-response and low steady-state-error system. The system delay (Td) can be modeled as the sum of the one
Experimental results are provided in section IV to verify the sampling period delay Ts and PWM transport delay 0.5Ts
validity of the proposed design method. [2,15]. The converter output voltage in z-domain can be
governed by the following equation,
II. DISCRETE STATE-SPACE CONTROLLER
Vi k 1 Vi* k (5)
Fig.1(a) shows the equivalent single-phase diagram of DVR,
Hence, the continuous and discrete generalized control plants
and the transformer leakage inductance is used as filter
are presented in Fig. 2, respectively.
inductance. Fig.1(b) shows the equivalent circuit of Fig.1(a),
Vi, Vs, and Vl represent the inverter output voltage, source Il Vs
Vi* k Vi k xk y k
(b)
(a) Fig. 2. State-space model of a single-phase DVR in (a) continuous domain
and (b) discrete domain.
This control system based on PI regulator and OBD with inductor in continuous domain is given as
feedback yields five control parameters. How to solve the ª 0 1 º
control parameters conveniently and accurately is a key issue. « Cf » (9)
Aˆ « »
The detailed derivation based on virtual resistor will be « 1 r »
« L L f »¼
discussed in the next section. ¬ f
where r is the desired virtual damping resistance. The discrete
system and input matrices can be calculated as
III. PARAMETER DESIGN BASED ON VIRTUAL Gˆ e AT ˆ
s
RESISTOR ° (10)
® T
°̄ Hˆ 1 ³0 s Gˆ W dW B1
According to above analysis, for PI+state space control
system, the number of parameters is relatively more which Hence, the discrete system and input matrices taking into
will lead to a complicated design process. Some literatures account the OBD can be calculated with
discuss the use of discrete direct-design pole placement to ª Gˆ Hˆ 1 º
ˆc
achieve a high performance controller, but the desired °°G « » (11)
® ¬« 0 1u2 0 ¼»
closed-loop pole and zero locations are specified by °ˆ T
order to meet the specifications of the control system The poles of the system model can be obtained by using
performance, including steady-state error, phase margin and MATLAB, which is defined as
Routh’s criterion in w domain, a step-by-step method can be (14)
used to derive the entire parameter regions. Thus, the Pˆ eig ªGˆ z º ¬ p ¼
appropriate control parameters can be obtained without try The feedback vector can be calculated with direct pole
and error. placement, which is written as
A. Implementation of the idea of virtual resistor Kˆ c ac ker Gˆ c, Hˆ c, Pˆ (15)
f 1
Considering the inductor current is already measured in the
state-space control system, a virtual resistor in series with the Therefore, the relation between feedback vector and
filter inductor is preferred [13]. The active-damping method damping resistance can be established. The state-space control
based on single inductor current feedback is no longer system is approximately equivalent with a dual-loop control
equivalent to a resistance but a frequency-dependent system, leading to a simple parameter design. It’s worth
impedance due to the OBD in digital control. The mentioning that, although the poles of the system model by
characteristics of equivalent impedance will vary with using full state-feedback can be the same with the model by
frequency, which might lead to a hard control design. To employing a damping resistor, but the zeros are different in
avoid this, full state-feedback including converter output discrete time domain.
voltage, inductor current and load voltage is implemented, The discrete system model by using full state-feedback is
which is shown in Fig.4. expressed as
ui* z ui z ul z Gp z
1 cos ZTs z 1 (16)
1 1 2 aT
ˆ 2 aT
ˆ
z 1
sL f Cf s
3
z 2z e s
cos Zˆ Ts ze s
The bode plot of equation (18) is shown in Fig.5, where it can ZcTs 2
2
Ki d ª1 Z Z 2 º rZ C (24)
be seen that the magnitude and phase of Gze(z) will vary a lot K ze «¬ c r »
¼ c f
only in high frequency range. As Gze(z) has a relatively slight (2) Steady-state error
phase-lag beyond resonant frequency, it is approximately The control system should have higher open-loop gain at
equivalent with the proportional gain Kze for simplicity, which fundamental frequency in order to minimize the steady-state
is specified as follows: error. With (21), the gain To can be represented as
1 cos ZTs (19) K T
2 ½
(25)
K ° °
ze
1 e 2 aT
ˆ s
2e aT
ˆ s
cos Zˆ Ts To
°
20 log10 ®
K ze K p2 i 2 s
Zo °
¾ t Tlim
° ª1 Zo Zr 2 º rZoC f 2
2
Thus, the approximately equivalent continuous system model °
° ¬ ¼ °
by using full state-feedback can be obtained as ¯ ¿
K ze e sTd
where, Tlim is the desired gain at fundamental frequency. The
G s
(20)
p 2
L f C f s rC f s 1
integral gain of PI regulator Ki can be solved from (23) and
(25), yielding
T
K ze
0
0 © s ¹
PM S
L f C f s 2 rC f s 1 s jZc
-5
2 3 4 5 § rC f · §K T · (27)
S 1.5ZcTs arctan ¨ ¸ arctan ¨ i s
10 10 10 10
¸ t PM lim
Frequency (rad/sec)
¨ 1 Z Z 2 ¸ ¨ Zc K p ¸
© c r ¹ © ¹
Fig.5. Bode plot of the transfer function Gze. where, PMlim is the desired phase margin. The integral gain of
PI regulator Ki can be solved from (23) and (27), yielding
B. Control parameter design
The coefficients of the PI regulator and the damping
resistance should to be specified in order to meet the Ki t
ZcTs 1 Z c Zr
2 2
rZcC f
2
ª1 Z Z 2 º rZ C aT
ˆ
«¬ c r »
¼ c f
°m1 2e s cos ZˆTs 1
With (22), the proportional gain of PI regulator Kp can be °° (31)
obtained as ®m2 e2aTs 2e aTs cos Zˆ Ts 1 cos ZrTs K p Ki
°
ˆ ˆ
2 °m3 1 cos ZrTs Ki e2aT
ˆ s
2
ª1 Z Z 2 º rZ C
«¬ c r »
¼ c f Ki Ts
2
(23) °
Kp 2
K ze
Zc2
°̄m4 1 cos ZrTs K p
The mapping z=(1+w)/(1-w) is used to provide the
In order to make (23) valid, the integral gain of PI regulator Ki
denominator polynomial in w domain, such that
should be written as
D w a0 w4 a1w3 a2 w2 a3 w a4 0 (32)
where, A 20 kVA three-phase experimental prototype is built to
a0 1 e 2aTˆ s
2e aTs cos Zˆ Ts
ˆ verify the proposed control parameter design method. The
° experimental parameters of the DVR are listed in Table I.
° a1 3 e
°°
2 aT
ˆ s
2e aT
ˆ s
cos Zˆ Ts 1 cos ZrTs 2 K p Ki (33) TABLE I. Experimental parameters of DVR
® a2 3 e
2 aT
ˆ s
2e aT
ˆ s
cos Zˆ T 1 cos Zr Ts 4 K p Ki Grid voltage
°
° a3 1 e
°
2 aT
ˆ s
2e aT
ˆ s
cos ZˆT 1 cos ZrTs 2 K p Ki Rated voltage
Rated frequency
380 V
50 Hz
°̄ a4 1 cos ZrTs Ki Transformer
Applying Routh’s stability criterion, the stable conditions for Turns ratio 220 V
the discrete control system are derived as follows Leakage inductance 1 mH
a0 ! 0 VSI
°a ! 0
° 1 Rated power 20 kVA
° a1a2 a0 a3
!0
(34) Sampling frequency 20 kHz
°c13 Filter capacitor (Cf) 50 μF
® a1
° c13 a3 a1a4
°c14 !0
° c13 According to the parameters of the DVR system, the natural
°a ! 0
¯ 4 frequency ωr is equal to 4472 rad/s. Thus, the desired cutoff
As c13 and c14 are transcendental equations, it is complicated frequency ωc, the lower limit of gain at fundamental
to yield the relation between Ki and r from (34) numerically. frequency Tlim and phase margin PMlim are designed to be
An alternative solution is to obtain the stable region by using 4000 rad/s, 25 dB, and 45°, respectively. The virtual
ezplot(\cdot) function embedded in MATLAB. As a result, resistance r and the integral gain of PI regulator Ki are
Fig.6 shows the satisfactory region of Ki and r might be taken specified to be 13.5 and 0.2076 respectively from Fig.6,
to meet the requirements of stability from (24), (26), (28) and which is employed with the parameters shown in Table I and
(34). the desired values mentioned earlier. With (15), the
3 parameters of controller are obtained as
ª¬ K cf Kp K i º¼ > 0.7501 9.2486 0.4773 1.8413 0.2076@
2.5
(35)
Bode Diagram
2 Gm = 9.79 dB (at 1.04e+004 rad/sec) , Pm = 45.3 deg (at 4.39e+003 rad/sec)
50
1.5
Ki
Magnitude (dB)
1
-50
0.5 -100
0
0 -180
Phase (deg)
0 20 40 60 80 100
r -360
-720
2 3 4 5
10 10 10 10
It can be seen from Fig.6 that the appropriate values of Ki Frequency (rad/sec)
and r can be selected in the shaded area. Comparatively Fig.7. Bode plot of the open-loop transfer function from the voltage reference
speaking, the requirements of phase margin and steady-state to the load voltage with the proposed control strategy.
error have a relatively major impact on the satisfactory region.
For the virtual damping resistance r, the span of satisfactory Fig.7 shows the bode plot of the control to the output
range is too large. As a large r might lead to an overdamped open-loop transfer function for proposed controller. The cutoff
system, the gain of PI regulator has to be increased to improve frequency ωc, gain at fundamental frequency To and phase
the transient response. As a result, the control system will be margin PM are obtained to be 4390 rad/s, 25.3 dB, and 45.3°,
sensitive to high frequency disturbance, resulting in poor respectively. It’s worth mentioning that the obtained ωc is
robustness. In this case, it is necessary to select a relatively larger than the desired one. The reason is that compared with
smaller value of virtual resistance r. Furthermore, it should be the PI regulator discretized by backward differentiation
noted that larger Tlim and PMlim will introduce smaller shaded method, the gain of continuous PI regulator is slightly smaller,
area, increasing the lower limit of r. Hence, the value of Tlim mainly above the corner frequency. However, to simplify the
and PMlim might be selected as appropriate. calculation, the design of control parameters is based on
continuous PI regulator. As a result, a larger ωc is obtained in
IV. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS the discrete control system.
The experiment is carried out by symmetrical three phase resistor. Based on that, the satisfactory regions of the
voltage sag, and the results are shown in Fig. 8. The DVR remaining unknown coefficients for meeting the specifications
restores voltage sags with 10%, 60%, and 100% from 40ms to of the system performance, including steady-state error, phase
100ms, respectively. Taking into account that the circuit and margin and Routh’s criterion in w domain, can be obtained by
control scheme for each phase are independent, hence, only the the proposed step-by-step method without try and error. The
a-phase voltage waveform is shown. The experimental results performance of the proposed control parameter design method
show that the proposed control parameter design method is has been verified by experimental results.
effective in the discrete state space control scheme.
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