Model Predictive Direct Power Control for Virtual-Flux-Based VSR With Optimal Switching Sequence

Three-phase voltage-source rectifier (VSR) has been widely used in energy, industry and other fields in the past few years. Model predictive control with optimal switching sequence (OSS-MPC) has further reduced output current THD and ripples with a constant switching frequency, compared with the conventional model predictive control (MPC). However, in practical application, the AC side voltage is often in a distorted state, which causes a distorted AC side current and a dramatic increase of THD. To overcome the drawback mentioned before, based on the analysis of OSS-MPC and combined with virtual flux oriented direct power control strategy, a virtual-flux-based model predictive direct power control strategy with optimal switching sequence (VF-OSS-MPDPC) is proposed in this paper. This control strategy for VSR combines the advantages of virtual-flux, low-pass filtering characteristics and optimal switching sequence model predictive control, which has high prediction accuracy and the AC current THD are greatly reduced under distorted AC voltage. The proposed control strategy can realize a constant switching frequency in steady-state operation without a modulator, which reduces the complexity of control strategy and the difficulty of AC side filter design. The proposed VF-OSS-MPDPC is validated through simulation and experiment compared with OSS-MPC, which proves the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed control strategy.