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Predictive errors restrict high performance of finite control set model predictive control (FCS-MPC) in the cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter.In order to solve this problem, the influence mechanisms of parameter mismatch, model discretization, and sampling error on voltage and current prediction errors are analyzed in this article. A hierarchical multifactorial error correction method is proposed. The known voltage prediction errors of the previous adjacent prediction periods are first fed back to calculate the voltage predictive error factors and self-correct the next voltage prediction errors. And then the current prediction errors are calibrated by the corrected voltage and the calculated current predictive error factor. This proposed method involves a simple structure and a good inhibitory ability on multifactorial prediction errors. Finally, experimental results in a three-phase five-level cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter support the theoretical analysis and the proposed method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper proposes an effective sliding mode controller (SMC) for a grid-connected 7-level packed U-cell (PUC7) inverter. The aim is to design a simple controller that deals effectively with the complex control problem of the PUC7 inverter (multiobjective control problem). The selection of the control actions is achieved according to the system state error at every sampling time, regardless of the previous values, which makes the control technique model-independent. The control algorithm evaluates online two cost functions (one for each state error), which are derived on the basis of sliding mode theory, and it selects the optimal control input in order to satisfy the reaching conditions of the two cost functions. Compared with the existing solutions, the proposed SMC technique ensures lower average switching frequency by tuning the hysteresis bandwidth of the capacitor-voltage error. The fast implementation, needless of gains tuning, and simple design procedure are the main features of the proposed algorithm. Simulation and experimental results are presented to prove the effectiveness of the proposed technique in controlling the PUC7 inverter with high dynamic performance and robustness against disturbances and parameters mismatch. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, a novel scheme for the estimation of the equivalent series resistance (ESR) of the dc-link electrolytic capacitor in three-phase ac/dc pulsewidth-modulation converters is proposed for condition monitoring. First, a controlled ac current component is injected into the input. Then, it induces ac voltage ripples on the dc output. By manipulating these ac voltage and current components with digital filters, the value of the ESR can be calculated, where the recursive least squares algorithm is used for reliable estimation results. In addition, the value of the ESR is corrected by considering the temperature effect, for which a simple temperature-sensing circuit has been designed. The simulation and experimental results show that the estimation error of the ESR is within a reasonable range, thereby enabling the determination of the appropriate time for the replacement of the capacitor. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]