A novel model reference adaptive control approach investigation for power electronic converter applications.

This paper demonstrates the viability and effectiveness of a novel adaptive control approach applied to power electronic converters. A methodology based on the formulation of a Lyapunov-based approach is showcased to represent the operation of a new adaptive controller for the regulation of two power converter topologies (Buck and Boost). The models of the Buck and Boost converter topologies include the parasitic parameters that represent the non-ideal components. The basic idea of the control approach is to demonstrate adaptive stabilization for the proposed non-linear system. The most important design specification to stabilize the system is to track the reference trajectory in such a way that the error on the output variable converges asymptotically to zero. This adaptation mechanism is explicitly designed so that the asymptotic stability of the equilibrium condition is guaranteed according to the Lyapunov theorem and sensitivity theory. The details of the design algorithm are explained in the paper. The proposed control approach has been compared to other Lyapunov-based control techniques proposed in literature for the same non-ideal converters. The results show that the proposed controller provides better level of robustness and performance than the other well-established Lyapunov based controllers. To verify the effectiveness of the controller in real time, a test bench has been set up with prototypes of both converters and the controller has been implemented using the Arduino microcontroller and the control system driven through the Matlab/Simulink platform. • Proposal of a novel adaptive control approach for DC–DC power electronic converters. • The controller is asymptotically stable according to Lyapunov. • Inclusion of the parasitic parameters in the converter models. • First application of the proposed control approach to DC–DC converters. • Successful performance of the proposed control proven by experimental results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]