A Study of Interpolation Compensation Based Large Step Simulation of PWM Converters

• Published in: Energies (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 12; p. 3069
• Main Authors: Li, Yahui, Deng, Pu, Zhang, Jing, Liu, Donghang, Hao, Zhenghang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Accuracy; area equivalent; CAD; Carrier waves; Compensation; Computer aided design; Computer simulation; Control algorithms; Electric converters; Electronics; Harmonic distortion; integral prediction; Interpolation; interpolation compensation; Mathematical models; Prediction models; Pulse duration; Real time; real-time simulation; Semiconductor devices; Simulators; Waveforms
• ISSN: 1996-1073; 1996-1073
• DOI: 10.3390/en13123069

Real-time online simulation based on a real-time workshop (RTW) plays a vital role in the study and application of power electronics. However, restricted by the performance of equipment and hardware, the simulators so far available in the market mainly support simulation steps over 50 μs, while large step simulation may result in the action delay of pulse-width modulating (PWM), numerical oscillation and high-level non-characteristic harmonic distortion. In view of these problems, this paper puts forward a modeling method based on integral prediction and interpolation compensation. First of all, prediction is performed one step in advance by the implicit trapezoidal method to find out the accurate time when the triangle carrier wave intersects with the modulation wave. At the same time, a mathematic model is built for the insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) to output equivalent voltage waveform according to the principle of area equivalent. Next, in MATLAB/Simulink, offline simulation is performed with the three-phase AC-DC-AC converter as the subject. By comparing the control accuracy, the content of harmonic wave and the simulation time, the simulation effects of the 50 μs fixed-step interpolation prediction model are the same as that for a 5 μs fixed-step standard model. Finally, the effectiveness and high efficiency of this algorithm are verified on a real-time simulator, marking the application of offline models on real-time simulators.