Optimal Switching Strategies for Tracking of Currents of Voltage Source Converters

This paper proposes a new optimal feedback controller for voltage source converters VSC's, for current regulated voltage source converters, which allows compensate the harmonics of current produced by nonlinear loads and load reactive power. The aim of the present paper is to describe a novel switching signal generation technique called optimal controller which guarantees that the injected currents follow the reference currents determined by the compensation strategy, with the smallest possible tracking error and fixed switching frequency. It is compared with well-known hysteresis current controller HCC. The validity of presented method and its comparison with HCC is studied through simulation results.

Authors:

• R. Oloomi
• M. A. Sadrnia

Keywords:

• Hysteresis Current Controller
• Optimal Controller
• Switching pattern
• Voltage Source Converter.

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