Decentralized Control for a Multiactive Bridge Converter

Yang Qi, Xiong Liu, Weilin Li, Zhongzheng Zhou, Wenjie Liu, Kaushik Rajashekara

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Abstract

Multiactive bridge (MAB) converter has played an important role in the power conversion of renewable-based smart grids, electrical vehicles, and more/all electrical aircraft. However, the increase in MAB submodules greatly complicates the control architecture. In this regard, the conventional centralized control strategies, which highly rely on the central controller, are limited by the computation burden and flexibility. To overcome this problem, this article proposes a decentralized control for MAB converters. The MAB submodules switching frequencies are adaptively regulated based on local information. Through this effort, flexible electrical power routing can be realized without the need for communications. The proposed control strategy not only relieves the computation burden of MAB control system, but also improves its modularity, flexibility, and expandability. Finally, hardware experimental results of a typical MAB converter are presented for verification.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11412-11421
Number of pages10
JournalIEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Volume70
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2023

Keywords

  • Coordinated control
  • decentralized control
  • multiactive bridge (MAB) converter
  • power flow regulation

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