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High Performances Voltage Control of Bidirectional-Asymmetrical DC/DC Converter in Smart Transformer for Limited Reverse Power Flow

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Abstract

The power electronics-based Smart Transformer (ST) can increase the hosting capacity of Distributed Generators (DGs) as well as electric vehicle charging stations and potentially reduce the reinforcements in the distribution grid by providing the DC connectivities and optimizing the capability in the secondary substations. Due to the asynchronous behaviour between the power generation in DGs and load consumption, the ST will operate in asymmetrically bidirectional power flow conditions. The power electronics in the ST can be fully used under the forward power flow condition, while only be partially used under the reverse power flow condition. This paper proposes a Bidirectional-Asymmetrical DC/DC converter in ST to reduce the cost of the power semiconductors and to satisfy the ST operating in bidirectional requirement. Under forward operation mode, the power sharing between two paralleled full bridge rectifiers in the secondary side of the proposed converter is studied and then the output impedance reshaping solution is presented to improve the dynamic performance of the output voltage under load disturbances. The simulation results clearly validate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed converter.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings
Subtitle of host publicationIECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages6689-6694
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781728148786
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2019 - Lisbon, Portugal
Duration: 14 Oct 201917 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameIECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)
Volume2019-October

Conference

Conference45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2019
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityLisbon
Period14/10/1917/10/19

Keywords

  • Asymmetrical operation
  • Smart Transformer
  • bidirectional-asymmetrical DC/DC converter
  • impedance reshaping

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