Authors

Gilbert Bergna-Diaz, Daniele Zonetti, Santiago Sanchez, Romeo Ortega, Elisabetta Tedeschi

Abstract

In this paper, a decentralized PI passivity-based controller is applied to modular multilevel converters to ensure global stability of a multiterminal high-voltage direct current system. For the derivation of the controller, an appropriate model with constant steady-state solutions is obtained via a multifrequency orthogonal coordinates transformation. The control design is then completed using passivity arguments, and performance guarantees are established by a small-signal analysis. The obtained results are validated by means of detailed time-domain simulations both on a single-terminal and a four-terminal benchmarks.

Citation

  • Journal: IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 4
  • Pages: 2453–2466
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • DOI: 10.1109/jestpe.2018.2889152

BibTeX

@article{Bergna_Diaz_2019,
  title={{PI Passivity-Based Control and Performance Analysis of MMC Multiterminal HVDC Systems}},
  volume={7},
  ISSN={2168-6785},
  DOI={10.1109/jestpe.2018.2889152},
  number={4},
  journal={IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics},
  publisher={Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},
  author={Bergna-Diaz, Gilbert and Zonetti, Daniele and Sanchez, Santiago and Ortega, Romeo and Tedeschi, Elisabetta},
  year={2019},
  pages={2453--2466}
}

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