This work is part of the project 2020-EXT-007 "MIRA-ESTE: Specific, innovative microgrids solutions (accounting for environmental, social, technological and economic aspects) for isolated rural areas of Ecuador" from Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE and KU Leuven. This work has been developed with the support of VLIR-UOS and the Belgian Development Cooperation (DGD) under the project EC2020SIN322A101.
This paper details a voltage control strategy based on Generalized Predictive Control (GPC) applied to a singlephase T-type neutral point clamped voltage source inverter in stand-alone operation mode. A performance comparison between the GPC and a Proportional-Integral (PI) controller is presented to highlight the improved performance of GPC under different load scenarios. The main results show that the GPC can achieve longer prediction horizons than other controllers based on model predictive control. Furthermore, in contrast to the PI controller, the GPC responds to load changes as disturbances. Finally, GPC can operate efficiently without an online optimization method nor recursive system identification method.
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