A Practical Guide to Implement Model Based Predictive Control Applied on Cascaded H-Bridge Converters

The purpose of the following article is to introduce new students and researchers in the basic concepts of Model-Based Predictive Control when applied to Multilevel Converters. Therefore, the main aspects of the theory are demonstrated, as well as the steps that should be taken to develop an algorithm capable of controlling the output current of a grid-connected Cascaded Multilevel Converter with an L filter. Also, a simulation of a 7 level Cascaded H-Bridge STATCOM is taken in Matlab/Simulink to prove all the concepts given in this paper.