Journal of Power Electronics最新文献

The inverter module, as a critical device in arc plasma power supplies for converting DC to AC, often encounters issues such as stability errors and system disturbances due to the impact of shock loads when tracking rated voltage and frequency signals. This paper proposes an improved Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) strategy for Fractional-Order PID (FOPID) control with limited parameter selection, aiming to address the poor performance of inverter modules in arc plasma power supply systems. The proposed strategy incorporates the spiral position updating mode from the Whale Optimization Algorithm into the position updating process of PSO, which improves particle diversity, global search capability and optimization stability. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by comparing it with the Ziegler–Nichols tuning method and the standard PSO algorithm in the MATLAB/Simulink simulation environment. A model of an inverter system is established for validation purposes. The results indicate that applying the improved PSO-based FOPID control strategy to the inverter process of the arc plasma power supply system significantly enhances the output waveform quality, reduces harmonic distortion, and achieves excellent control performance.

In response to the issue of providing a wireless power supply to the magnetic focusing rotor torque and torsion sensors on the rotating shaft systems, loose-coupled transformers (LCTs) are difficult to disassemble and install due to their large size. In addition, their large mass has a significant impact on the dynamic balance of the shaft system. Consequently, in this paper, a structural design of an flexible printed circuit (FPC)-stacked receiving coil is proposed, with its mathematical model, physical model, and simulation model established. The optimal structure is obtained by simulating the coil-induced voltage under different structural parameters through COMSOL electromagnetic simulation. Through modal simulation analysis of the rotor in ANSYS, it is found that the FPC-stacked receiving coil has less impact on the dynamic balance of the rotating shaft system.

The switching loss of the traditional DPWM method is large. Therefore, this paper improves the traditional DPWM method by adding a clamping interval to reduce the switching loss. The traditional method is also improved using a modulating waveform spatial reorganization method to improve the modulation signal added to the clamping interval so that the switching frequency of each switch remains consistent, which balances the switching loss of each H-bridge unit of the cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter and improves the reliability of the inverter. The carrier phase-shifting method is used to realize the power balance of each H-bridge unit. Simulation and experimental results verify the feasibility of the modulation strategy.

This paper proposes a method for the torque ripple reduction of an open-end winding interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (OEW-IPMSM) using direct self-control (DSC). The conventional DSC has been researched in high-power systems because of its advantages in terms of a low switching frequency and a fast response of torque. Nevertheless, high torque ripple is a disadvantage of the conventional DSC. This is because the trajectory of the stator flux is controlled in the shape of a hexagon for lower switching frequencies and by applying hysteresis torque control. In this paper, predictive torque control using a mathematical model of an OEW-IPMSM is presented to improve the quality of the torque control. In addition, the presented method addresses the trajectory control of the flux using the diverse voltage vectors of the dual inverter. The validity of the presented method is demonstrated by simulations and experimental results.

Novel performance improvement technology is developed for an ultrathin Double Silicon-on-Insulator (DSOI) Lateral Double-diffused Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor (LDMOS) with a heavy doping drift region, which is simulated using TCAD and an advanced application module for circuit analysis (CA-AAM). A peripheral circuit was proposed to dynamically control the independent back-gate electrode of the DSOI, with a zero bias for the ON-state and a negative bias for the OFF-state. A heavily doped drift region was designed to maintain a low specific on-resistance (R_on,sp), where a negative back-gate bias would induce positive charges to compensate for the heavily doped ionized acceptors. This results in an improved breakdown voltage (BV). Therefore, it rebuilds the traditional reduced surface field (RESURF) condition. Results indicate that the developed technology exhibits optimization in terms of the BV, R_on,sp, OFF-state leakage current, ON-state current, peak transconductance, cut-off frequency, turn-off time, Baliga’s figure of merits (BFOM), and figure of merits (FOM) when compared with the conventional RESURF technology.

Multi-dimensional wireless power transmission is a critical element in the development of capsule robots. To solve the problem caused by the increasing number of functions of new capsule robots and the fact that the traditional three-dimensional receiving coil occupies excessive inner space, a two-dimensional square transmitting coil with an embedded ferrite core is proposed. The proposed transmitting coil consists of two pairs of rectangular solenoid coils distributed radially along the human body. By changing the direction of the current flow, it can generate a two-dimensional magnetic field covering the whole central plane. This paper presents a theoretical model and conducts finite element simulations to analyze the magnetic flux density in the center plane. To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed system, two prototypes of transmitting coils with and without ferrite cores are created, tested and compared to assess the performance improvements. Results indicate that the transmitting coil with a ferrite core increases the power transfer efficiency from 5.07% to 6.11%. In addition, attitude experiments reveal that the receiving coil efficiently captures sufficient energy at various angles when operated in the center plane.

The shoot-through state of the Z-source inverter generates large switching losses. However, the discontinuous modulation strategy can effectively reduce the switching losses of power devices. When the discontinuous modulation strategy is used in Z-source inverters, the switching sequences and the shoot-through states need to be arranged reasonably. This paper provides a method for comparing the switching losses of different modulation strategies by calculating the current that is passed through a switching device for a fundamental cycle. The calculations show that the Z-source inverter switching losses are determined by the number of switching actions in a switching period and by the method of insertion of the shoot-through state. Based on this, a generalized discontinuous modulation strategy for Z-source inverters is proposed. This modulation strategy achieves optimal switching losses when the power factor is less than 1. The method of redistributing the shoot-through states can be applied to other modulation strategies to achieve loss optimization. The effectiveness of the proposed modulation method is demonstrated by MATLAB/Simulink combined with PLECS simulation. Finally, and a low-power platform is built for experimental verification.

A two-transformer active clamp forward flyback (ACFF) converter without output inductors is suitable for high output current applications such as low-voltage DC-DC converters (LDCs) in electrified vehicles. This paper presents the reverse power transmission operation of an ACFF converter used Synchronous Rectifier (SR). One of the target applications of the proposed converter is bidirectional LDCs used in electrified vehicles due to its high-power density and cost competitiveness. Operational principles with key voltage and current waveforms are provided, and a detailed analysis of each operating interval is provided, offering guidelines for component selection. Experimental results obtained from a 14 V–600 V hardware prototype verifies the feasibility of operation in practical LDCs.

As the proportion of clean energy continues to increase, low carbon energy systems will be a significant way to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality. Therefore, the reliability of modular multilevel converters (MMCs) is particularly significant. However, conventional open-circuit fault diagnosis (OCFD) methods usually have a limited localization speed or are difficult to achieve in practical engineering. Therefore, a fast and simpled OCFD approach for MMC SMs based on an optimized deep learning is proposed in this article. In this approach, data on the of submodule capacitance voltages are input into a trained WOA-DKELM model without the manually settings. The problems of randomness in the regularization coefficient C and the kernel parameters K can be solved by DKELM with WOA optimization, which has a strong generalization capability and higher prognostic accuracy. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is verified by experiment results. This approach achieves an average identification probability of 0.96 within 20 ms of the fault.

This paper proposes a new averaged switch model for pulse-width modulated (PWM) single-ended primary-inductor converter (SEPIC) operating in discontinuous conduction mode (DCM). The equivalent series resistance (ESR) of each energy component is considered to achieve a more precise model. The model, which is modification of the conventional averaging equation, accurately reflects both the remaining current and the actual charge on each capacitor in DCM. The proposed model utilizes a new duty ratio constraint and predicts better than previous models at high frequencies. The dependent sources of the switch components are derived from the modified averaged equation, and an implementation of the model in LTspice XVII is provided to facilitate the frequency response analysis. The frequency response of a prototype SEPIC in DCM, with an input voltage of 5 V, an output voltage of 13.5 V, and a switching frequency of 100 kHz, was experimentally measured to verify the proposed model. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed averaged switch model solves the discrepancies at high frequencies, which was a limitation of previous models.