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An Improved Sliding Mode Control with Integral Surface for a Modular Multilevel Power Converter

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  • Bo-Yu Luo

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd, Taipei 106, Taiwan)

  • Ramadhani Kurniawan Subroto

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd, Taipei 106, Taiwan)

  • Chang-Zhi Wang

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd, Taipei 106, Taiwan)

  • Kuo-Lung Lian

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd, Taipei 106, Taiwan)

Abstract

This paper presents a novel method for current control for a modular multilevel converter (MMC). The proposed current control methodology is based on a modified sliding mode control (SMC) with proportional and integral (PI) sliding surface which allows fast transient responses and improves the robustness of the MMC control performance. As the proposed method is derived via Lyapunov direct method, the closed-loop stability is ensured and results in globally asymptotically stable. Furthermore, the reaching time is also guaranteed by the proposed method, leading to fast transient responses. The proposed method is validated by comparing with some existing methods, which are proportional integral controller and conventional SMC, via offline and hardware-in-loop (HIL) simulations where a 10 MW, medium-voltage MMC system is tested. According to these results, the proposed method is able to provide fast transient responses, zero overshoot, and robustness to the weak grid and short-circuit conditions.

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  • Bo-Yu Luo & Ramadhani Kurniawan Subroto & Chang-Zhi Wang & Kuo-Lung Lian, 2022. "An Improved Sliding Mode Control with Integral Surface for a Modular Multilevel Power Converter," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-18, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:5:p:1704-:d:757954
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    1. Waqar Uddin & Kamran Zeb & Muhammad Adil Khan & Muhammad Ishfaq & Imran Khan & Saif ul Islam & Hee-Je Kim & Gwan Soo Park & Cheewoo Lee, 2019. "Control of Output and Circulating Current of Modular Multilevel Converter Using a Sliding Mode Approach," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(21), pages 1-22, October.
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    2. Humam Al-Baidhani & Fabio Corti & Alberto Reatti & Marian K. Kazimierczuk, 2023. "Robust Sliding-Mode Control Design of DC-DC Zeta Converter Operating in Buck and Boost Modes," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(17), pages 1-17, September.

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