Sliding mode control of three-phase power converters with disturbance attenuation performance

A novel scheme for the control of three-phase two-level grid-connected power converters is presented in this paper. A cascade-control structure, based on H_∞ control and sliding mode control (SMC), is proposed, which simultaneously achieves output voltage regulation and unity power factor under dc-load variations. The overall control strategy contains two main loops: first, a current tracking loop (internal loop) based on sliding mode control that guarantees the input currents to follow the desired references; second, a dc-link voltage regulation loop (external loop) based on an H_∞ controller integrated with an extended state observer (ESO), which regulates the output voltage and provides current references for the internal loop. Simulation results are provided to assess the efficiency of the proposed method.