Abstract:
A method for operating an electrical converter (12) comprises: determining an optimized pulse pattern (I) from a fundamental voltage reference (II) for the electrical converter (12), wherein the optimized pulse pattern (I) is determined from a first lookup table (30) and comprises discrete voltage amplitude values changing at predefined switching instants (24); determining a harmonic content reference (III) from the fundamental voltage reference (II) based on a second lookup table (34), wherein the harmonic content reference is a harmonic current reference (IV) determined from the frequency spectrum of a current of the electrical converter (12) or the harmonic content reference is a filtered voltage reference (V) determined by applying a first order frequency filter to a voltage, which current or voltage is generated, when the optimized pulse pattern is applied to the electrical converter (12); determining a harmonic content error (VI) from the harmonic content reference (III) by subtracting an estimated output voltage ( ψ(t) ) and/or estimated output current ( i(t) ) of the electrical converter (12) from the harmonic content reference (III); modifying the optimized pulse pattern (I) by timeshifting switching instants (24) such that the fundamental voltage reference (II) is tracked and the harmonic content error (VI) is corrected by the timeshifted switching instants (24); applying the modified optimized pulse pattern ( v(t) ) to semiconductor switches of the electrical converter (12).
Abstract:
A method for controlling an electrical converter comprises the acts of determining an error value based on a difference between an estimated output value and a reference output value, the estimated output value being based on measurements in the electrical converter; comparing the error value with an error band and in the case of the error value exceeds the error band, controlling the electrical converter by switching to a different control scheme. The converter is controlled with the modified pre-calculated switching by determining a pre-calculated switching sequence for the converter based on an actual state of the electrical converter, the switching sequence comprising a sequence of switching transitions of the converter; modifying the pre-calculated switching sequence by modifying transition times of switching transitions of the pre-calculated switching sequence, such that the error value is minimized; and applying at least a part of the modified switching sequence to the electrical converter.
Abstract:
A method for controlling an electrical converter system (10) with at least two electrical converters (28a, 28b) comprises: determining a pulse pattern (A 1 , U 1 ; A 2 , U 2 ) for each electrical converter (28a, 28b) from a reference converter voltage of the respective converter (28a, 28b), wherein each pulse pattern ( A 1 , U 1 ; A 2 , U 2 ) comprising switching times ( A 1 ; A 2 ) and switching transitions (U 1 ; U 2 ) for the respective electrical converter (28a, 28b); determining a sum current reference ( i sum ∗ ) and at least one difference current reference ( i diff ∗ ) produced by the pulse pattern (A 1 ,U 1 ;A 2 ,U 2 ) and determining a measured sum current ( i sum ) and at least one measured difference current ( i diff ) from measurements in the electrical converter system (10); determining a sum current error ( i sum,err ) and at least one difference current error ( i diff,err ), wherein the sum current error ( i sum,err ) is determined by subtracting the measured sum current ( i sum ) from the sum current reference ( i sum ∗ ), and a difference current error ( i diff,err ) is determined by subtracting the respective measured difference current ( i diff ) from the difference current reference ( i diff ∗ ); determining a sum flux modification (Δ ψ sum ) by multiplying a gain (L̃ t ) to the sum current error ( i sum,err ) and at least one difference flux modification (Δ ψ diff ) by multiplying a gain (L s ) to the respective difference current error ( i diff,err ); mapping the sum flux modification (Δ ψ sum ) and the at least one difference flux modification (Δ ψ diff ) to a converter flux modification (Δ ψ 1,abc , Δ ψ 2,abc ) for each electrical converter (28a, 28b); modifying the pulse pattern (A 1 , U 1 ; A 2 , U 2 ) for each electrical converter (28a, 28b) by moving the switching times, such that the converter flux modification (Δ ψ 1, abc , Δ ψ 2, abc ) is compensated by the modified pulse pattern ( u 1, abc , u 2 ,abc ) with the moved switching times; and applying the modified pulse patterns ( u 1 ,abc , u 2,abc ) to the electrical converters (28a, 28b).
Abstract:
A method for controlling an electrical converter system (10) comprises: determining a switching signal u abc * and a reference trajectory Y αβ * of at least one electrical quantity of the electrical converter system (10) over a horizon of future sampling instants, wherein the switching signal u abc * and the reference trajectory Y αβ * are determined from a table of optimized pulse patterns ( A*, U* ) , the switching signal u abc * comprises switching transitions between output levels of an electrical converter of the electrical converter system (10) and the reference trajectory Y αβ * indicates a desired future trajectory of the at least one electrical quantity of the converter system (10); generating a sequence of averaged switch positions V abc * from the switching signal u abc * over the horizon, wherein the switching signal u abc * is divided into sampling intervals, the sequence of averaged switch positions V abc * comprises an averaged switch position v abc * per sampling interval, and the averaged switch position is determined by averaging the switching signal u abc * defined by the switching instants and output levels in the sampling interval; determining a sequence of optimized averaged switch positions ( V abc ) with optimized averaged switch positions ( v abc ) by optimizing a cost function ( J ) based on the sequence of averaged switch positions V abc * , which cost function ( J ) comprises an error term with a difference of the reference trajectory Y αβ * and a predicted trajectory, wherein the predicted trajectory is determined over the horizon from a model of the converter system, into which a sequence of modified averaged switch positions and measurements of the converter system are input; determining an optimized switching signal ( u abc ) for the current sampling interval by moving switching transitions in the switching signal u abc * , such that in the current sampling interval the average of the switching signal ( u abc ) with the modified switching transitions equals the optimized averaged switch position ( v abc ); and applying at least the next switching transition of the optimized switching signal ( u abc ) for the current sampling interval to the electrical converter system (10).
Abstract:
A method for controlling an electrical converter (12) for driving an electrical machine (18) comprises the steps of: estimating a stator flux vector ( ψ s ) depending on at least one measurement in the electrical converter (12); receiving a rotor speed ( ω r ) of the electrical machine (18); determining an optimized pulse pattern (OPP) for the electrical converter (12) depending on the rotor speed ( ω r ); determining a rotor angle ( θ r ) of a rotor flux vector depending on the rotor speed ( ω r ); determining a reference stator angle θ S ∗ of the stator flux vector ( ψ s ) depending on the rotor angle ( θ r ); determining a reference stator flux vector ψ S ∗ depending on the optimized pulse pattern (OPP) and the reference stator angle θ S ∗ ; determining a difference between the reference stator flux vector ψ S ∗ and the estimated stator flux vector ( ψ s ); modifying switching instants (42) of the optimized pulse pattern (OPP), such that the difference is minimized; and applying at least a part of the modified optimized pulse pattern (OPP) to the electrical converter (12).
Abstract:
A method for operating an electrical converter including: determining an optimized pulse pattern from a fundamental voltage reference for the electrical converter, wherein the optimized pulse pattern is determined from a first lookup table and includes discrete voltage amplitude values changing at predefined switching instants; determining a harmonic content reference from the fundamental voltage reference based on a second lookup table, wherein the harmonic content reference is a harmonic current reference determined from the frequency spectrum of a current of the electrical converter or the harmonic content reference is a filtered voltage reference determined by applying a first order frequency filter to a voltage, which current or voltage is generated, when the optimized pulse pattern is applied to the electrical converter; determining a harmonic content error from the harmonic content reference by subtracting an estimated output voltage and/or estimated output current of the electrical converter from the harmonic content reference; modifying the optimized pulse pattern by timeshifting switching instants such that the fundamental voltage reference is tracked and the harmonic content error is corrected by the timeshifted switching instants; applying the modified optimized pulse pattern to semiconductor switches of the electrical converter.