Predictive Control of a Three-Level Boost Converter and an NPC Inverter for High-Power PMSG-Based Medium Voltage Wind Energy Conversion Systems

• Published in: IEEE transactions on power electronics Vol. 29; no. 10; pp. 5308 - 5322
• Main Authors: Yaramasu, Venkata, Bin Wu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.10.2014; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Boost converter; Capacitors; current control; dc-ac power conversion; dc-dc power conversion; dc-link capacitor voltages balancing; digital control; diode-clamped converters; Diodes; direct-driven; discrete time signals; Electric currents; Electrical equipment; finite control-set model predictive control (FCS-MPC); gearless; grid-connected; Inverters; Mathematical models; medium voltage (MV); megawatt (MW) level; multilevel inverters; neutral-point-clamped (NPC) converter; passive front-end (PFE); permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG); Predictive control; renewable energy; state-space model; Switches; three-level boost (TLB) converter; variable speed; Voltage control; Wind energy; wind energy conversion system (WECS); Wind power; Wind turbines

In this paper, a new medium voltage power converter topology using a diode rectifier, three-level boost (TLB) converter, and neutral-point-clamped (NPC) inverter is proposed for a high-power permanent magnet synchronous generator-based wind energy conversion system. The generator-side TLB converter...