Open modular power electronics building blocks for utility power system controller applications

Wang, F.; Rosado, S.; Boroyevich, Dushan

doi:10.1109/pesc.2003.1217726

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“…There has been progress in the area of modular converter systems due to continued research and development of the power electronics building blocks (PEBB) concept [5][6][7]. The PEBB concept has driven advancements in highly modularized converter systems with many identical subsystems such as the Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC).…”

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confidence: 99%

Fast Coordination of Power Electronic Converters for Energy Routing in Shipboard Power Systems

Ginn

Bakos

Flinstone

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the International Ship Control Systems Symposium (iSCSS)

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SynopsisA long-term goal of future naval shipboard power systems is the ability to manage energy flow with sufficient flexibility to accommodate future platform requirements such as, better survivability, continuity, and support of pulsed and other demanding loads. To attain this vision of shipboard energy management, shipboard power and energy management systems must coordinate operation of all major components in real-time. The primary components of a shipboard power system are the generators, energy storage modules, and increasingly power electronics that interface those sources and main load centers to the system. Flexible management of energy flow throughout shipboard distribution systems can be realized by automated coordination of multiple power electronic converters along with storage and generation systems. Use of power converters in power distribution systems has continuously increased due to continued development of the power electronics building blocks (PEBB) concept which reduces cost and increasing reliability of converters. Recent developments in SiC power devices are yielding PEBBs with far greater switching frequencies than Si based devices resulting in an order of magnitude reduction of the time scales as compared to converter systems utilizing conventional IGBT based PEBBs. In addition there have also been advancements in highly modularized converter systems with hundreds of PEBBs such as the Modular Multilevel Converter. Both of those trends have resulted in the continued evolution of the Universal Controller Architecture which attempts to standardize control interfaces for modular power electronic systems. Further development of interface definitions and increasing communication and computational capabilities of new FPGA based controllers provides opportunities beyond simply supporting SiC PEBBs. Fast control coordination across the system using an appropriate communication architecture provides a degree of energy management not previously realizable in shipboard power systems. The paper will present recent research results in networked control architectures for power electronic converter coordination and control. It will demonstrate that current FPGA and gigabit speed serial communication technologies allow for a very high degree of energy flow control.

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Fast Coordination of Power Electronic Converters for Energy Routing in Shipboard Power Systems

Ginn

Bakos

Flinstone

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the International Ship Control Systems Symposium (iSCSS)

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“…The adoption of building block(s) increases volume production and reduces engineering effort, design testing, onsite installation, and maintenance work. The philosophy of PEBB standardization is outlined in many studies [15]- [17]. In addition, PEBB has often been investigated and applied in the fields of renewable energy, efficiency improvement, electric energy storage, and energy independence through wind, solar, and electric vehicles [18]- [20].…”

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confidence: 99%

Design and Research on High-Reliability HPEBB Used in Cascaded DSTATCOM

Yang¹,

Wang²,

Chen³

2015

Journal of Power Electronics

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The H-bridge inverter is the fundamental power cell of the cascaded distribution static synchronous compensator (DSTATCOM). Thus, cell reliability is important to the compensation performance and stability of the overall system. The concept of the power electronics building block (PEBB) is an ideal solution for the power cell design. In this paper, an H-bridge inverter-based "plug and play" HPEBB is introduced into the main circuit and the controller to improve the compensation performance and reliability of the device. The section that discusses the main circuit primarily emphasizes the design of electrical parameters, physical structure, and thermal dissipation. The section that presents the controller part focuses on the principle of complex programmable logic device -based universal controller This section also analyzes typical reliability and anti-interference issues. The function and reliability of HPEBB are verified by experiments that are conducted on an HPEBB test-bed and on a 10 kV/± 10 Mvar DSTATCOM industrial prototype.

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“…Meanwhile, modular power electronics building block (PEBBs) technology [10] is employed in the EPT to reduce cost and improve reliability. The input of the EPT can be connected with a delta configuration or star configuration.…”

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Control of Electronic Power Transformer with Star Configuration under Unbalanced Load Conditions

Tian

Mao

Yang

et al. 2013

Electric Power Components and Systems

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The electronic power transformer has many advantages, such as reactive power compensation, voltage regulation, harmonic suppression, and power factor correction. When a three-phase electronic power transformer with a star configuration is applied in the distribution network, three-phase load unbalance will cause three-phase DC voltage unbalance if the electronic power transformer controller generates improper asymmetric voltage signals, which may trigger over-voltage protection. The effects of three-phase load unbalance to the work condition of the electronic power transformer are analyzed, and a control algorithm is proposed to balance three-phase DC voltages in this article. Meanwhile, input stage control, isolation stage control, output stage control, and individual DC voltage balancing control are presented. Simulation and lab experimental results show that the electronic power transformer still works properly even under serious unbalanced load conditions.

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Open modular power electronics building blocks for utility power system controller applications

Cited by 32 publications

References 6 publications

Fast Coordination of Power Electronic Converters for Energy Routing in Shipboard Power Systems

Fast Coordination of Power Electronic Converters for Energy Routing in Shipboard Power Systems

Design and Research on High-Reliability HPEBB Used in Cascaded DSTATCOM

Control of Electronic Power Transformer with Star Configuration under Unbalanced Load Conditions

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