An Efficient Robust Power–Voltage Control for Three-Level NPC Converters in Microgrids

High penetration of power converters may lead to power ripple, voltage swings, and weak antidisturbances for microgrids. Confronting these issues, this work proposes a robust control scheme, discrete-time super-twisting observer (DSTO)-embedded quasi-integral sliding-mode control (QISMC), for a thre...

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Autores: Liu, Lei, Zhang, Zhenbin, Yin, Yunfei, Vázquez Pérez, Sergio, Zhao, Yuxin, Kennel, Ralph
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/173875
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/173875
https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2023.3331548
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Microgrids
robustness
sliding-mode control (SMC)
three-level neutral-point-clamped (3L-NPC) power converter
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Sumario:High penetration of power converters may lead to power ripple, voltage swings, and weak antidisturbances for microgrids. Confronting these issues, this work proposes a robust control scheme, discrete-time super-twisting observer (DSTO)-embedded quasi-integral sliding-mode control (QISMC), for a three-level neutral-point-clamped power converter system, dramatically enhancing power/voltage regulation performance and antidisturbance capability. A fast convergence DSTO is deployed to offset multidisturbances caused by parameter mismatches, unknown loads, current path changes, switch mode noise, and self-compensating power/voltage tracking biases in QISMC. To further mitigate power/voltage steady-state error and boost system robustness, a new quasi-integral sliding-mode surface is built, inherently improving power/voltage tracking performance. Experimental data confirm that the proposed control outperforms the discrete-time extended-state-observer-based QISMC, DSTO-based quasi-sliding mode control, and discrete-time proportional–integral control in power/voltage, grid current harmonics, and robustness.