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Title: Matrix converter operating in current control mode using feed forward signals

Abstract

A matrix converter system having a current control mode operation is provided. The system includes a matrix converter having a switching matrix. The matrix converter is coupled at its low-voltage side to a generator and at its output load side to a load. A controller having a pulse width modulation (PWM) control circuit is configured to control the matrix converter via its switching matrix to increase energy within the internal inductances of the generator when the switching matrix causes a short circuit. A feed forward calculator is configured to calculate a feed forward output phase angle. The feed forward output phase angle is an estimation of an angle between an output current vector and an output voltage vector that represent feedback signals of current and voltage output by the matrix converter. The angular position of the voltage output vector is adjusted as a function of the feed forward output phase angle to align angular position or phase angle of the voltage output vector that represents the voltage output with a selected angular position or phase angle.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
OSTI Identifier:
1637850
Patent Number(s):
10594227
Application Number:
16/362,533
Assignee:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02M - APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02P - CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS
DOE Contract Number:  
AR00000891
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 03/22/2019
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Blasko, Vladimir. Matrix converter operating in current control mode using feed forward signals. United States: N. p., 2020. Web.
Blasko, Vladimir. Matrix converter operating in current control mode using feed forward signals. United States.
Blasko, Vladimir. Tue . "Matrix converter operating in current control mode using feed forward signals". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1637850.
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