A series resonant DAB converter (SRDAB) is taken as the research object in this paper, and an efficiency optimization strategy for reducing the power return is proposed to improve the converter's operation efficiency under the phase shift modulation strategy. First, a mathematical model of the transmission efficiency of SRDAB is established under phase shift modulation, the mathematical expression for power return during its operation is derived, and the parameters that affect the power return are obtained. Second, the mathematical expressions for the transient and on-state losses generated during the operation of the converter are formulated, a mathematical model for its operation efficiency is constructed, and the relationship of its efficiency with the phase shift ratio and the ratio of switching frequency to resonant frequency is obtained, thus optimizing the two key parameters to further improve the operation efficiency. Finally, the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed efficiency optimization strategy were verified by performing simulations and building experimental circuits.

Flyback converters in consumer and commercial products must adhere to strict regulatory standards for conducted and radiated electromagnetic interference (EMI). Managing EMI has become increasingly complex in modern power electronics, particularly with the integration of high-speed wide bandgap (WBG) devices into compact system layouts. A review of established modeling techniques and mitigation strategies for conducted EMI is presented, focusing on differential mode (DM) and common mode (CM) noise, alongside radiated EMI in flyback converters. The discussion encompasses solutions at both component-level design and converter system optimization.

New energy vehicles are the main direction for the transformation and development of automobile industry in China, and their safety issues have also attracted the attention from the whole society. To study the safety issues of new energy vehicle power battery, statistics of new energy vehicle accidents which have been publicly disclosed over the past six years are collected in this paper, and the corresponding vehicle models and fire causes are analyzed. The mechanisms of safety accidents such as battery overcharge, overdischarge, internal and external short-circuit faults, extrusion and collision, and thermal runaway are described. The characteristic parameters of battery thermal runaway are summarized. Based on the operating data, the variation in the characteristic parameters of one accident car when it was on fire is analyzed. Finally, some solutions to the existing issues of new energy vehicles are given, and the battery models and intelligent algorithms which are established on the basis of big data are introduced in detail, providing a basis for power battery fault diagnosis in the future.

Resonant converters with a wide input range are much in demand in energy storage and new energy systems. When the voltage gain characteristics of an LLC resonant converter are calculated using the operation mode analysis (OMA) method, it is often assumed in previous studies that the circuit under phase shift control is in discontinuous conduction mode, resulting in significant errors in the gain analysis result of a converter which is in continuous conduction mode. On the basis, an OMA calculation method for an LLC resonant converter with a voltage doubling rectifier is proposed to identify the two modes. First, the criterion for determining whether the converter operates in continuous or discontinuous conduction mode is obtained through the modal analysis. Then, the normalized calculation models of these two modes are derived by OMA, and the calculation results and the criterion are used to verify the actual mode. Finally, a comparison among the calculated, simulated and experimental voltage gain curves under different conditions indicates the effectiveness of the proposed method. This method is more applicable to LLC converters in possible continuous mode, improves the accuracy of the gain analysis and is helpful for parameter design.

The design of fractional-order PID control of a Boost converter is studied, and the fractional-order inductor and capacitor models of the system are fitted using the Oustaloup filter approximation algorithm. To solve the problems of insufficient learning capability and weak iterative convergence when a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is used to adjust the parameters of the fractional-order PID controller, an improved PSO algorithm is proposed, which introduces three strategies of adaptive inertia weight, adaptive learning factor and weighted mutation to improve the diversity of particles and enhance the convergence speed and accuracy. The improved PSO algorithm is applied to the design of a PID control system for a fractional-order Boost converter. Simulation results show that the control system designed using the improved PSO algorithm has a faster dynamic response of output voltage and inductance current, a better anti-interference capability of output voltage and a better tracking and adjusting capability of inductance current when the load changes suddenly.

With the rapid development of microprocessors, more and more attention is paid to the advantages of digital control of microprocessor power supplies as the output capacitor and its equivalent series resistance (ESR) are gradually reduced, and sufficient stability is required for these digital multi-phase Buck controllers. Digital constant on-time multi-phase controllers are studied. First, the stability conditions of the system are derived through a digital compensation ramp (i.e., a ramp with a fixed slope in one switching cycle), the total inductor current information and the charge changes at both ends of the output capacitor. Then, the requirements for the slope are obtained using the stability conditions, where the effects of analog-to-digital converter (ADC) sampling delay and circuit propagation delay are considered. Conclusions can be drawn by classifying and analyzing the overlapped and non-overlapped duty cycles. Based on SIMPLIS simulations and by designing and changing the minimum compensation slope and the actual slope parameters, it is found that the simulation results are consistent with the theoretical analysis results, showing the accuracy of stability analysis for the digital multi-phase Buck converter.

The DC-DC converter in a switch mode power supply (SMPS) is the core part that affects the device’s volume, weight and working efficiency. As a classic DC-DC topology, the LLC resonant converter uses the soft switching technology and magnetic integration technology, which has characteristics such as a high efficiency, a high power density and harmonics suppression. The research status of optimization methods for LLC resonant converters applied in SMPS is reviewed, starting from the transformer winding structure schemes and control topology optimization schemes. In addition, suggestions on the effects of synchronous rectification and the planar transformers under an all-primary-referred (APR) magnetic integration model on the circuit are given. Finally, the optimization methods based on the third-generation wide bandgap material and electromagnetic compatibility are prospected.

Aimed at the problem that it is difficult for an LLC resonant converter to strike a balance between its dynamic performance and disturbance rejection capability in applications with high dynamic demand and frequent load changes, a charge active disturbance rejection control strategy is proposed. In this method, charge control is carried out in the inner loop of the resonant converter by collecting the resonant capacitor voltage, and active disturbance rejection control is introduced in the outer loop to form a compound control strategy of dual-closed-loop control. By deducing the relationship between the resonant capacitor voltage and resonant current of the LLC resonant converter, the controller parameters in the inner voltage loop of the converter are designed by using the charge control method, and an outer voltage loop controller is designed based on linearized active disturbance rejection control, thus further improving the anti-interference capability of the whole system. An experimental prototype with rated power of 300 W was designed and built, and the feasibility and effectiveness of the improved control strategy was verified by comparing with the traditional PID-PI control.

The air gap in an integrated high-frequency transformer of an LLC resonant converter is usually placed at the center of magnetic core, and a single air gap structure is adopted. The nonlinear three-dimensional transformer models with different air gap positions are established using a finite element analysis method based on the software Ansys, and the influence of air gap position on loss is studied. Through simulations, the curves of loss versus air gap positions are obtained, and it is proved that the loss of transformer can be reduced and the converter efficiency can be improved if the air gap is located in the region of secondary windings, providing a reference for the optimal design of the integrated high-frequency transformer. On this basis, an integrated high-frequency transformer structure with three air gap magnetic circuits on the secondary side is proposed, so as to further reduce the transformer loss. Finally, an experimental prototype of a 160 W LLC dimmable LED driver was built, and experimental results verified the correctness and feasibility of the proposed method.

Bi-directional DC-DC convertersare usually used in vehicle charging pile application circuits, which have problems such as slow system dynamic response and poor output voltage stability due to load perturbations. On the basis, acapacitor-inductor-inductor-capacitor (CLLC) resonant DC-DC converter is taken as a research object, and a control method for the CLLC resonant converter based on sliding mode active disturbance rejectionis proposed. A model-assisted linear state observer is used to improve the estimation accuracy of perturbation, so as to control the stable operation of the system. Sliding mode control is used to design a linear state error feedback control law to improve the dynamic performance and rapidity of the system. Simulations and experimental verification show that the proposed control strategy can effectively improve the dynamic response of the bi-directional DC-DC converter and enhance the output voltage stability.

The actual duty cycle of a single-stage Buck converter is affected by the switching speed and dead time, so it is difficult to meet the wide range of voltage regulation applications. On this basis, a multilevel cascade Buck topology is adopted, and an output voltage cooperative control strategy for multilevel cascade converters is proposed. This control strategy takes into account the operation efficiency, and it adopts a hybrid modulation method combining pulse width modulation and frequency conversion modulation, thus realizing the output voltage control switching at all levels of the converter and covering the full range of output voltage. A switching loss model is established, and the efficiency optimization under hybrid modulation is analyzed. Finally, a simulation model was established to verify the correctness of the modulation and control design, and an 8 kW two-stage prototype with 50-75 V input and 1-40 V/ 200 A output was built to verify the feasibility of the proposed control strategy.

During the dynamic process of a system, the current control of a converter realizes a balance between current and reference by adjusting the output voltage when the grid-side current changes, which is represented as voltage response under the current excitation. Since the AC voltage of the converter is generated by controlling the amplitude/frequency and the amplitude/frequency of voltage is required to be maintained during the system operation, the current control should be described as the internal voltage amplitude/frequency response under active/reactive current excitation when a power imbalance occurs. At the same time, from the perspective of a grid-connected converter’s influence on the grid, the active/reactive current response under the terminal voltage amplitude/frequency excitation is another perspective for understanding the characteristics of the grid-connected converter. Therefore, for the current control of the converter, the active/reactive current-internal voltage characteristics used in the dynamic analysis of large systems and the terminal voltage-active/reactive current characteristics from the perspective of the influence of equipment (e.g., single machine) on the grid are presented. On this basis, it is determined that the two kinds of characteristics are essentially equivalent by explaining the redundant relationship between current and terminal voltage under the current control. Finally, the equivalence is verified by simulations, and the influence of phase-locked control parameters on current control characteristics is preliminarily explored.

The typical isolated dual-active bridge (DAB) converter with a simple circuit structure and easy control is widely applied under scenarios where the bidirectional energy flow is required. Therefore, it is particularly important to study how to improve the working efficiency of the converter. First, the efficiency optimization strategies proposed by domestic and foreign scholars are compared and analyzed, and it is found that the intra-and inter-bridge phase shift angles on two sides have a strong correlation, which causes the difficulty in analyzing the working characteristics of the converter. Second, the rectified average current of the converter based on extended-phase-shift (EPS) control is optimized, a new phase shift angle is defined, and the transmission power and average current of the converter under the new phase shift angle are analyzed. Finally, a simulation platform based on Simulink and an experimental platform were set up for verification.

A multi-objective optimal control method based on extended phase shift (EPS) is proposed for a dual active bridge (DAB) converter in order to simultaneously reduce the backflow power and improve its dynamic performance. First, the output power and backflow power characteristics of EPS in each mode are comprehensively analyzed, mathematical models are developed, and the optimal combination of the backflow power shift angles is solved according to the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) condition. Second, a virtual voltage compensation scheme is used to improve the dynamic performance of the system by rapidly changing the transmission power at that moment. Finally, the proposed scheme was compared with the traditional single phase shift and EPS schemes through experiments, thereby verifying its effectiveness and advantage.

To address the power quality issues in a multiple grid-connected-converter system (MGCCS) for renewable energy, the series and parallel models of MGCCS are established at first based on the harmonic state space (HSS) method. The HSS models account for high-frequency components during the switching process, with its internal Toeplitz matrix effectively capturing the harmonic coupling within the converters. Based on the series and parallel HSS models of MGCCS, a virtual resistor is introduced to improve the model, and the impact of grid impedance is considered to simulate the multi-converter grid-connected system. In addition, the harmonic stability of this system is investigated by analyzing the eigenvalues of the state matrix. The influences of main circuit and controller parameters on the harmonic instability are analyzed in depth, and the oscillation frequencies in harmonic instability modes are predicted. Simulation results based on MATLAB/Simulink and RT-LAB experimental results validate the accuracy of the improved HSS models and the harmonic stability analysis.

As the interface between a new energy power generation system and power grid, inverters play an important role. However, the stable operation of the system may be threatened by the changes in grid impedance in a weak grid environment, interaction between parallel inverters and delay in the control system. Under this background, a novel virtual impedance remodeling strategy based on the passivity theory and traditional proportional voltage feedforward is proposed, which can eliminate the non-passive region below the Nyquist frequency and keep the inverter output impedance phase within [-90°, 90°]. The results of numerical examples show that the proposed scheme can keep a good stability of the inverter parallel system under changes in grid impedance, number of inverters and parameters.

Voltage sag is one of the main power quality problems, and dynamic voltage restorers (DVRs) provide an effective solution. Since the traditional DVRs are unsuitable for medium-voltage applications, a high-voltage direct-connect DVR based on a cascaded H-bridge multilevel converter is introduced. To enhance the response speed and compensation accuracy of the system, a dq-axis decoupling strategy for the AC voltage compensation control of DVR is proposed. Meanwhile, a carrier phase shifted pulse width modulation strategy with voltage offset injection is also employed to balance the DC-side capacitor voltage of the cascaded H-bridge, thus ensuring the safety and stability of the system. Finally, the proposed DVR and the corresponding control algorithm are modeled and simulated by MATLAB/Simulink, demonstrating the effectiveness and feasibility of the approach.

With the large-scale development and utilization of renewable energy sources such as photovoltaics and wind power, inverters based on droop control are widely used in distributed generation systems and microgrids. Sequential impedance modeling is one of the important methods to assess the stability of a multi-inverter parallel system and optimize the control parameters. However, there is currently limited research on the sequential impedance modeling of droop-controlled inverters. Therefore, a detailed investigation was carried out. First, the steady-state operating point of a droop-controlled inverter was determined, and the inverter response was analyzed by introducing positive-and negative-sequence small signal disturbances. Second, the sequential impedance model was derived from the inverter response to characterize the inverter’s impedance properties. Subsequently, the accuracy of the sequential impedance model was verified through PSCAD simulations. Finally, the effects of key parameters such as droop coefficients and the cutoff frequency of a low-pass filter in the power calculation link on the inverter output impedance were analyzed and verified through experiments. Results demonstrate that the proposed sequential impedance model has a good performance in analyzing the droop control stra-tegies, providing valuable insights for further optimization and practical implementation of the strategies.

In power systems, unbalanced and nonlinear loads might lead to voltage and current imbalance and harmonic distortions, which will affect the operation of some critical equipment. To improve the power quality of a system consisting of multiple grid-forming (GFM) converters, it is necessary to reasonably share the load current’s fundamental negative-sequence and harmonic component while reducing the voltage imbalance and harmonics at the point of common coupling (PCC) as much as possible. To solve this problem, a power quality control strategy for GFM converters based on unified unbalanced/harmonic voltage-current droop is proposed in this paper. By establishing a unified droop relationship of fundamental negative-sequence and harmonic component between PCC voltage and output current, unbalanced and harmonic current is shared in accordance with the capacity of each converter while suppressing imbalance and harmonics of PCC voltage. The proposed me-thod can be applied to multiple converters in both the islanded and grid-connected modes without extracting the fundamental negative-sequence or individual harmonic sequences separa-tely. Compared with the existing control methods, this method is simpler and easy to implement in embedded controllers. The design scheme for control parameters based on closed-loop the pole analysis is discussed in detail. Moreover, through a comparison with the existing methods, it is shown that the proposed method has superior dynamic performance and less computation resources. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed control method was verified by experimental results.

The wireless charging technology for electric vehicles has been widely studied and applied owing to its advantages of small footprint, convenience and flexibility, low maintenance cost and strong interaction with power grid. A bidirectional wireless charging system for electric vehicles based on the dual phase shift (DPS) control strategy is proposed. Through the DPS control strategy, the phase shift angle on the primary and secondary sides is changed to change the output power. By changing the phase angle difference between voltages on the primary and secondary sides, the energy flow direction is changed, and the function of “peak shaving and valley filling” is realized eventually. First, the architecture of the bidirectional wireless charging system for electric vehicles based on the DPS control strategy is presented, and its working mode and principle are analyzed. Second, the control strategy for the bidirectional wireless charging system is described in detail, and the output power and direction of the system are adjusted by changing the phase shift angle on the primary and secondary sides, as well as the phase angle difference between voltages on the primary and secondary sides. Third, the working principle for the system and the control method to realize bidirectional charging are analyzed. Finally, a simulation model was built in MATLAB, and experimental verification was carried out. Results show that the designed bidirectional wireless charging system can achieve bidirectional energy transmission, satisfying control performance and good symmetry of positive and negative charging.

Since the traditional algorithm for the space vector modulation (SVM) of a VIENNA rectifier is computationally intensive, complicated and difficult to implement digitally, a fast algorithm for implementing the SVM of the VIENNA rectifier is proposed in this paper. This algorithm does not require coordinate transformation, avoids a large number of root square and trigonometric operations, and only requires simple logic judgment and addition and subtraction operations to quickly determine the duty cycle of a three-phase drive signal, which is easy to implement digitally and saves the time resources of DSP. In addition, a neutral point voltage control strategy is redesigned accordingly. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed fast algorithm was verified by MATLAB simulations and experiments conducted on a hardware platform.

When a three-level bidirectional DC converter is under carrier modulation, the switching between its forward and reverse operations is not smooth and the dynamic response is slow, which will easily cause harmonics in the resonant circuit. To solve these problems, a carrier modulation method for the three-level bidirectional DC converter based on neutral point shift is proposed. The working principle for the bidirectional DC converter is analyzed. Based on the principle of neutral point shift, the phase angle mode of three-phase output voltage from the converter is adjusted. On the basis of constant switching frequency, the neutral point shift voltage with different amplitude modulation ratios is calculated. According to the actual fault state, the shift between adjacent carriers in the same phase unit is rectified, and the carrier phase shift pulse width modulation is used to modulate the carrier of the three-level bidirectional DC converter. Simulation results show that the proposed modulation method can effectively control the output waveform of the three-level bidirectional DC converter. When the converter operates normally, the amplitude modulation ratio is greater than 1.0, the phase voltage is saturated, and the modu- lation signal is overshoot.

Aimed at the problems of insufficient dynamic performance and poor robustness in the traditional linear control, a dynamic response optimization method based on the model predictive control of a multi-phase interleaved Buck converter is proposed in this paper. First, the state space model of the interleaved Buck converter is optimized, and a virtual impedance method is put forward to realize the decoupling control of each phase converter. Second, a load disturbance observer and a continuous set model predictive controller based on one-step prediction are designed. The reference current is calculated based on the load current observation and the output voltage deviation, and the optimal duty cycle in each phase is obtained by substituting it into the predictive model with an objective of minimizing the current deviation. Finally, a simulation platform was built on Matlab/ Simulink for simulation verification, and experiments were conducted on a three-phase Buck converter. Simulation and experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can effectively suppress the output voltage variations caused by load disturbances, improve the dynamic performance of the system, and ensure its robustness at the same time.

With the vigorous development of electric vehicles and energy storage industries, the power electronics technology has been applied on an increasing scale. In these applications, power electronic converters not only require wide voltage gain to adapt to different scenarios, but also require a high conversion efficiency to reduce volume. Therefore, bidirectional isolated DC-DC converters with soft switching have been widely studied. On the basis, the principle of isolated DC-DC converters was analyzed, and the conversion efficiency under wide voltage gain was improved by reducing the reactive power current and implementing soft switching. First, a mathematical model was established through fundamental wave analysis to obtain the conditions for controlling the phase shift angle on the primary side, secondary side, and both the primary and secondary sides to achieve reactive power current elimination. Then, the conditions for achieving soft switching of switching devices on the primary and secondary sides were analyzed, and the dead time was designed to adjust the phase shift angle between the primary and secondary sides, so that a modulation strategy for achieving ZVS with minimal reactive power current was obtained. Finally, a 9.6 kW experimental prototype was designed to verify the feasibility of the proposed modulation strategy.

To minimize the current stress of a dual active bridge (DAB) converter in its full power range, a global optimization strategy for the current stress under triple phase shift (TPS) control is studied. First, the operation principle and process of the converter under TPS control are analyzed, and a model of the relationship among its output power, current stress and phase-shift ratio is established. On this basis, the TPS control is optimized by seeking the optimal phase shift ratio combination with the goal of global minimization of current stress. In addition, the optimization results are compared with those under the dual phase shift (DPS) control in terms of current stress and reactive power. Finally, verification was performed by carrying out an experiment. The theoretical and experimental results show that the TPS control with the global optimization of current stress further reduces the current stress and reactive power in the full power range.

In view of the problem that the traditional LLC resonant converters cannot well meet the requirements of wide voltage gain due to their narrow voltage gain range, a DC-DC converter with a wide input voltage range based on a multi-resonant structure is proposed, which achieves a wide voltage gain in both the under-resonant and over-resonant frequency ranges. The topology of the proposed resonant converter and its working principle are introduced, its fundamental wave equivalent mathematical model is established, and the voltage gain and input impedance characteristics are analyzed in detail. On this basis, the influences of each resonance parameter on the voltage gain, input impedance and working efficiency are analyzed, and the parameter design process of a 500 W converter is given. Finally, an experimental platform with rated power of 500 W was built. Experimental results show that the proposed converter not only had a wide voltage gain in both the under-resonance and over-resonance frequency ranges, but also can transmit the fundamental wave and third-order harmonic power, thus improving its working efficiency. In addition, this converter had good soft-start and short-circuit current limiting capabilities.

With the advancement of the construction of photovoltaic, energy storage, DC and flexibility, the problem of harmonics in a low-voltage DC (LVDC) power supply system has received widespread attention. Compared with those of an AC system, the characteristics of a DC system are that the power supply and load are more decentralized, the proportion of power electronic equipment is higher, and the AC-DC coupling effect caused by interface converters is strong. Therefore, the problem of harmonics in the DC system indicates that both the low- and high-frequency harmonic peak-to-peak values may be high, and thus the classic harmonic analysis and control methods for the AC system are not completely applicable. To this end, the main harmonic sources for the LVDC power supply system are analyzed, and the mechanism and characteristics of the DC bus voltage harmonic problem caused by DC sources and load are revealed. Accordingly, a hybrid active power filtering harmonic voltage control technology is proposed for the harmonic sources of a broadband and decentralized DC system, which achieves the control of harmonics in the case of uncertain disturbance location and high- and low-frequency mixing, thus improving the power quality level of the LVDC power supply system. Finally, simulation results prove the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.

The current inner loop of a peak current controlled Boost DC-DC converter needs to detect the IGBT collector current. However, the existing current detection methods need to connect the components to the main circuit of IGBT, which increases the circuit volume and cost and reduces the efficiency of the main circuit. Based on the IGBT smart driver technology with a collector current detection function, a peak current controlled Boost DC-DC converter without current sensors is proposed. First, a smart drive design is given. Based on the relationship between collector current and gate current during the Miller plateau, a three-point method is used to determine the relationship between collector current and gate current during the Miller plateau of the IGBT device, and the collector current is detected by detecting the gate current. Second, a small signal model of leading edge modulated Boost DC-DC converter considering the effects of sample and hold, quantization error and delay is established, and the stability of the converter is analyzed. Finally, a sensorless Boost DC-DC converter prototype based on current detection on the driver side was built, and the effects of current detection and stability control were verified by experimental results.

A lightweight modular multilevel converter-type fuel cells (MMC-FCs) system based on the partial power conversion (PPC) of FCs is proposed, so as to realize the power control of the FC system which is incorporated into a hybrid medium- and low-voltage network. The MMC-FCs on the AC side based on the synchronous switching network of a high-frequency link (HFL) can realize the coupling cancellation of the sub-module (SM) fundamental frequency and double-frequency ripple power, and reduce the demand of SM capacitance by [2(1-m²/4)^3/2f_SM]/ [(1+2m²)πf_F] times. As a result, the volumes of SMs are reduced, and the lightweight of SMs are realized by improving the power density. The FC system uses partial power control to incorporate the DC low-voltage bus, which reduces the partial power capacity and loss of the FC converter. Meanwhile, the FC converter is reused with the AC HFL square wave power signal to reduce the power conversion stages, thus further improving the lightweight of the system. The structure of MMC-FCs, SM filtering principle, FC PPC mechanism, SM capacitance, FC PPC voltage and other parameters are analyzed and designed in detail. Finally, through an evaluation on volume and losses, the effectiveness of the proposed MMC-FCs scheme was verified by simulation and experimental results.

An accurate estimation of utility harmonic impedance is the key to harmonic source determination. Most of the existing methods are based on the premise that the background harmonics keep constant or fluctuate smoothly. However, the background harmonic voltage or utility harmonic impedance generally exhibits unsmooth fluctuation patterns in the novel power system, and there are even abrupt changes in some time sections, which leads to large calculation errors in the existing methods. To solve this problem, an estimation method for utility harmonic impedance considering the time-varying characteristics of background harmonics is proposed. First, this method identifies multiple abrupt change points of background harmonics by means of the binary sliding T maximum, and the measured harmonic data at a point of common coupling (PCC) is divided into several intervals of continuous unsmooth fluctuation accordingly. Then, with the consideration of the small var- iation of background harmonics between adjacent sampling points, utility harmonic impedance estimation is carried out based on the principle of comprehensive minimum fluctuation within each data interval, and the matrix sparse technique is introduced to reduce the computational time complexity. Finally, simulations and field data are adopted to conduct a comparative analysis, and results indicate that compared with the existing methods, the proposed method can more accurately estimate the utility harmonic impedance and demonstrate a higher computational efficiency.

In a grid-connected system of non-isolated photovoltaic (PV) inverters, the electromagnetic interference causes the problem of leakage current. Aimed at this problem, an improved model predictive control strategy is proposed for a three-level inverter. First, a mathematical model of the grid-connected inverter system is established to analyze the generation mechanism of leakage current and its relationship with the common-mode voltage. Second, the common-mode voltage variation rate is controlled to improve the model predictive direct power control algorithm, thereby optimizing the optimization result to achieve the suppression of leakage current. Finally, the conventional strategy and the proposed improved model predictive control strategy are compared and analyzed through simulations in terms of output power, harmonic distortion of grid-connected current, DC-side neutral point potential balance and leakage current amplitude. Results show that the proposed strategy performs well in all the above four aspects, and its leakage current suppression effect can reach 99.5% compared with the conventional model predictive control strategy.

The four-switch Buck-Boost converter applied to a fuel cell system can theoretically achieve a higher efficiency under the traditional two-mode control. However, in fact, the dynamic performance of the system is poor due to the influence of a voltage gain blind zone in the process of transition between the two modes, which greatly reduces the operation stability of the converter. In high-power applications with large current, the interleaving technology is usually used to reduce the inductor current ripple and increase the power density of the converter. Therefore, the smooth mode transition of a four-phase interleaved four-switch Buck-Boost converter is taken as a control objective. First, the topology of the converter is introduced, and its basic mathematical relationship is obtained. Then, the reason for the voltage gain blind zone of the converter is analyzed using a graphical method, and a control strategy is proposed to eliminate the blind zone and realize the smooth mode transition based on the traditional three-mode control strategy. In the dynamic process, the changes in duty cycle are minimized and the inductor ripple current is also optimized, which improves the efficiency and stability of the converter. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy was verified by experimental results.

To reduce the calculation amount in the model predictive current control (MPCC) algorithm for a three-level inverter model, eliminate the weighting factor, achieve a fixed switching frequency and improve the steady-state performance of the system, a three-vector fixed frequency MPCC algorithm based on vector set selection is proposed. First, through the analysis of the relationship between current and voltage, the control of current under the rotational coordinate system is converted into the control of voltage under the stationary coordinate system by using the beat-free idea, and the candidate vector set is selected according to the sector where the reference voltage is located, thus reducing the calculation amount. Second, to achieve the midpoint potential control, according to the different effects of different switching vectors of a neutral point clamped (NPC) three-level inverter on the neutral point and the principle of switching smoothness, different candidate vector sets are reasonably selected, and the switching vector action time is obtained by using the principle of volt-second balance. Afterwards, the optimal switching sequence is selected according to the evaluation function. Finally, the traditional MPCC and the proposed algorithm are compared, and experimental results show that the proposed algorithm has advantages such as small calculation amount, fixed switching frequency and low current harmonic content.

The accurate open-circuit voltage-state of charge (OCV-SOC) curve is a basis for ensuring the modeling accuracy of lithium-ion battery. The OCV-SOC curves of LiFeO₄ battery obtained by a low-current OCV test cannot describe the OCV characteristics at a non-testing point, while those obtained by an incremental OCV test are interfered by the polarization effect. Therefore, based on the analysis of the characteristics of LiFeO₄ battery, a high-precision OCV-SOC curve acquisition method for LiFeO₄ battery is proposed by combining the low-current OCV test and incremental OCV test. This method takes the incremental discharge curve which is fitted in piecewise form as its optimization object, designs constraints based on the low-current OCV test data and first-order RC equivalent circuit model, and uses the differential evolution method to acquire the OCV-SOC optimization curve. Experimental results show that the OCV-SOC optimization curve can accurately simulate the OCV characteristics of LiFeO₄ battery. Compared with the OCV-SOC curve obtained by the low-current OCV test, the battery modeling and SOC estimation based on the OCV-SOC optimization curve has a higher accuracy, with the model accuracy increasing by 41.8% and SOC estimation accuracy increasing by 58.3%.

Under the traditional phase disposition (PD) modulation strategy, there is a power imbalance problem among the units in a cascaded H-bridge inverter. Aimed at this problem, the control principle of freedom degrees is analyzed, and a novel power equalization modulation strategy is proposed. On the basis of ensuring the output power equalization and voltage harmonic characteristics, the power equalization time is shortened, and the complexity in digital control is reduced. On the one hand, the freedom degrees of triangular carriers are recombined based on the PD modulation method to distribute them evenly in different carrier layers. Then, by fully utilizing the switching redundancy state at each output level, the power equalization is achieved within a carrier cycle to shorten the time needed for achieving the equalization. On the other hand, the complexity in digital control is reduced by restructuring the vertical freedom degree of the modulated wave. Finally, the theoretical analysis and feasibility were verified by simulation and experimental results.

Harmonic pollution is one of the key problems restricting the grid connection of new energy sources. There are many factors that lead to an increase in current harmonics of grid-connected inverters, including the harmonic voltage of the grid and the sampling error of voltage and current signals in the grid-connected inverter system. On the basis, the principle of voltage sampling error and current sampling error of the grid-connected inverter system affecting the 2nd-order harmonic current of the inverter is analyzed, and a 2nd-order harmonic current suppression method based on high-precision harmonic sampling and 2nd-order harmonic current three-phase double-frequency rotation dq feedback is studied. In addition, a model of the 2nd-order harmonic current suppression loop is established, a design method for the parameters of the 2nd-order harmonic current suppression loop is given, and the expression of suppression effect is deduced. Finally, the proposed method was verified by experimental results of a 100 kW prototype.

The input-series output-parallel combination technology for DC-DC converters is widely applied in high-power and high-voltage fields. To realize an average operation after the expansion and connection of modules, the characteristics of input voltage-sharing and output current-sharing after the series-parallel combination of module power supplies are studied, and a control strategy for module current-sharing on the output side is proposed, which consists of an output voltage loop and an output current-sharing loop. The common output voltage loop of all the modules samples the output voltage from the combined system for feedback regulation, while the output current-sharing loop of each module samples the output current from the module for average control. All the sampling and control chips under the proposed control strategy are on the low-voltage output side, which can eliminate an isolation unit and improve the system reliability. A half-bridge LLC resonant topology was selected as a sub-module to build a prototype, and results verified the effectiveness of the proposed output current-sharing control method.

Three-level inverters have attracted widespread attention in medium-and high-voltage applications. However, traditional continuous pulse width modulation (CPWM) methods suffer from drawbacks such as high switching losses, significant common-mode voltage (CMV) fluctuations and neutral-point voltage imbalance. To solve these problems, based on the analysis of the generation mechanism for CMV, the suppression conditions for CMV are derived based on discrete pulse width modulation (DPWM), and a modified DPWM modulation strategy is proposed, which can reduce switching losses under DPWM0~DPWM3 modulations while suppressing CMV. In addition, based on the proposed DPWM modulation strategy, the control method for neutral-point voltage is explored, and the multi-objective optimal control of the three-level inverter is realized ultimately. Simulation and experimental results verified the validity of the proposed DPWM control strategy.

The accurate assessment of system frequency modulation requirements and the alleviation of contradiction between steady-state output and dynamic regulation of PV-storage grid-connected units are crucial for realizing the rapid frequency support in grid-forming virtual synchronization PV-storage grid-connected systems. First, a model of a grid-forming virtual synchronization PV-storage grid-connected system is built, and the coupling characteristics among multiple control objectives are analyzed. Second, the traditional grid-forming control is improved based on the damping compensation principle to boost the steady-state control accuracy of PV-storage units. On this basis, frequency security early warning and the controller’s dynamic performance constraints are utilized to quantitatively evaluate the grid-forming control parameters, and a frequency support strategy for the grid-forming virtual synchronization PV-storage grid-connected system is proposed. Finally, a simulation system is constructed, and results verify that the PV-storage grid-connected units can swiftly support the system frequency and remarkably enhance the system frequency security under the proposed control strategy.