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Title: A Novel Decentralized PWM Interleaving Technique for Ripple Minimization in Series-Stacked DC-DC Converters

Abstract

Cascaded dc-dc converters are commonly used in applications where distributed energy sources or loads are connected to elevated voltage levels for power transfer. In such systems, it is advantageous to minimize the ripple on the bus current and voltage by proper phase shifting of the pulse-width modulation (PWM) pulses among the converters via a method known as interleaving. Existing approaches use either a centralized controller or separate communication lines among the stacked converters to control their relative PWM switch transitions. The key drawbacks are that these methods entail significant wiring, the central controller acts as a single point of failure, and implementation on very large numbers of units is impractical. In this paper, we introduce a decentralized interleaving control (DIC) strategy that acts on local current measurements at every converter and achieves communication-free PWM interleaving among the series-stacked converters. The proposed controller is simple in structure and is shown to converge asymptotically to the interleaved state irrespective of clock drifts among the digital signal processors. Experimental results are provided for a system of five series-connected converters showing a 10× reduction in the current ripple compared to normal operation.

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Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
OSTI Identifier:
1826119
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-5D00-81216
MainId:81989;UUID:238b10fa-ac1f-4502-a816-9edeeb608546;MainAdminID:63169
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at the 2021 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 14-17 June 2021, Phoenix, Arizona; Related Information: 79582
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; cascaded converter; decentralized control; differential power sharing; interleaving; ripple minimization

Citation Formats

Dutta, Soham, Majmunovic, Branko, Mukherjee, Stayaki, Mallik, Rahul, Seo, Gab-Su, Maksimovic, Dragan, and Johnson, Brian. A Novel Decentralized PWM Interleaving Technique for Ripple Minimization in Series-Stacked DC-DC Converters. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1109/APEC42165.2021.9487386.
Dutta, Soham, Majmunovic, Branko, Mukherjee, Stayaki, Mallik, Rahul, Seo, Gab-Su, Maksimovic, Dragan, & Johnson, Brian. A Novel Decentralized PWM Interleaving Technique for Ripple Minimization in Series-Stacked DC-DC Converters. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC42165.2021.9487386
Dutta, Soham, Majmunovic, Branko, Mukherjee, Stayaki, Mallik, Rahul, Seo, Gab-Su, Maksimovic, Dragan, and Johnson, Brian. 2021. "A Novel Decentralized PWM Interleaving Technique for Ripple Minimization in Series-Stacked DC-DC Converters". United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC42165.2021.9487386.
@article{osti_1826119,
title = {A Novel Decentralized PWM Interleaving Technique for Ripple Minimization in Series-Stacked DC-DC Converters},
author = {Dutta, Soham and Majmunovic, Branko and Mukherjee, Stayaki and Mallik, Rahul and Seo, Gab-Su and Maksimovic, Dragan and Johnson, Brian},
abstractNote = {Cascaded dc-dc converters are commonly used in applications where distributed energy sources or loads are connected to elevated voltage levels for power transfer. In such systems, it is advantageous to minimize the ripple on the bus current and voltage by proper phase shifting of the pulse-width modulation (PWM) pulses among the converters via a method known as interleaving. Existing approaches use either a centralized controller or separate communication lines among the stacked converters to control their relative PWM switch transitions. The key drawbacks are that these methods entail significant wiring, the central controller acts as a single point of failure, and implementation on very large numbers of units is impractical. In this paper, we introduce a decentralized interleaving control (DIC) strategy that acts on local current measurements at every converter and achieves communication-free PWM interleaving among the series-stacked converters. The proposed controller is simple in structure and is shown to converge asymptotically to the interleaved state irrespective of clock drifts among the digital signal processors. Experimental results are provided for a system of five series-connected converters showing a 10× reduction in the current ripple compared to normal operation.},
doi = {10.1109/APEC42165.2021.9487386},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1826119}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Wed Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}

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