A quantized adaptive approach to three phase switched rectifier voltage control

Abstract

This paper presents a strategy for controlling the terminal voltage of a three phase switched rectifier. The novelty of the proposed method is that we use model reference adaptive control (MRAC) along with a custom designed switching mechanism. The switching mechanism is inspired by quantized control techniques. In this paper we do not focus on controlling the individual line currents but only on controlling the terminal voltage. The mathematical formulation of this problem is presented following the MRAC framework. Further we also validate the mathematical model by comparing its output with a Simulink based model which uses pre-existing blocks from the appropriate Simulink toolbox. Finally we also present simulation results of the proposed control scheme to show that using MRAC with the proposed quantization technique achieves desired results. This work can be extended in future for extracting maximum power from wind generators in a microgrid system.