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This paper proposes the control of single-phase split-source inverter (SSI) for a standalone PV application using model-predictive control scheme. The PV system under investigation consists of PV modules, single-phase SSI, battery bank for energy storage, and DC-DC bidirectional converter to allow for bidirectional power flow with the batteries. Maximum power is extracted from the PV array using PI-based incremental conductance method. Both the maximum power point tracking of the PV modules and the synthesis of the sinusoidal output load voltage are achieved using the SSI. The control of the bidirectional converter is carried out using PI controllers to regulate the DC-link voltage. Selection of the controllers parameters is achieved using Harris Hawks optimization technique. Simulation results show that the system has succeeded in producing a constant DC-link voltage and well-regulated AC load voltage with low THD under various operating conditions. Experimental results verify the system performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article proposes a new active power flow controller for dc–dc multiactive bridge (MAB) converters with minimum current point tracking (MCPT) to minimize conductive losses. Unlike recent efforts in this area, the proposed controller does not require look-up table for implementation nor complex nonlinear converter modeling and is not circuit parameter dependent. The proposed control scheme is also generalized for MAB converters with any number of ports and is derived in per unit form to enable standard implementation for buck/boost/unity-gain operating modes. The proposed MCPT algorithm is based on an innovative adaptive perturb and observe tracking of the minimum current point (MCP) on the MAB converter current characteristic plane. This MCP is tracked while active power regulation is simultaneously achieved based on a new phase shift decoupler to enable direct regulation of individual port active power. Detailed design procedure of the proposed controller is presented and extensive simulation is carried out to validate the effectiveness of the proposed MCPT closed loop controller. Experimental implementation is also provided to substantiate the simulation results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this work, a novel three‐phase unidirectional off‐board Electric Vehicles (EVs) fast charger is proposed. Each phase of the proposed converter consists of a two‐stage converter. The first stage is an AC–DC front‐end converter with power factor correction (PFC) control. The front‐end AC–DC converter is based on an isolated boost converter, which has a boosting capability and provides galvanic isolation. In this stage, parallel‐in parallel‐out isolated boost converter modules are employed in each phase. This enables sharing the current among modules to avoid implementing one module with a high current rating to meet the fast‐charging requirements. The multimodule option provides fault‐ride through capability for the proposed charger. The DC outputs of involved phases, that is, three isolated DC voltages, are fed to three cascaded DC–DC unidirectional buck converters. The charging terminals are used to charge the EV battery through a filter inductor with a charging current controller's aid. A detailed illustration of the suggested closed‐loop controllers is presented to ensure a successful operation for the proposed architecture. A simulation case study for a 25‐kW charger is presented. Finally, a 1‐kW prototype is implemented for experimental validation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper proposes a medium-/high-voltage high-power hybrid modular dc–dc converter to interconnect two different dc-voltage levels in medium-/high-voltage dc grids. The converter consists of half-bridge submodules (SMs) rated at a moderate voltage level, i.e., series connection of semiconductor devices is avoided while connecting two high dc-voltage levels. The proposed architecture provides self-balancing operation, i.e., unlike conventional modular converters, no need for capacitor voltage measurement, which enhances the system reliability and simplicity. Sequential charging/discharging of SMs capacitors is adopted in the proposed approach to ensure a self-balanced operation. The proposed architecture can provide a high conversion ratio as well as power transfer in both directions, i.e., bidirectional dc–dc converter. Detailed illustration of the proposed approach operational concept, design, and overall control system is presented. Simulation and experimental results are presented to show the viability of the proposed configuration and validate the claims. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]