Simplified control strategy for MMC voltage balancing circulation base on active disturbance rejection control
To address the problem of unbalanced capacitor voltage of sub-module and circulating current component between three-phase bridge arms during the operation of MMC, this paper proposes a new equalizing circulating current control strategy by introducing active disturbance rejection control.First, the sub-module capacitor voltage fluctuation and the circulating current mechanism are analyzed.Then, the single-loop sub-module voltage equalization control based on active disturbance rejection control is proposed.Second, the AC component is extracted by combining the second-order generalized integrator filtering link, and the circulating current doubling component is suppressed by quasi-PR control.Finally, experimental verification is conducted under steady state and dynamic conditions.Our results show under steady state conditions, the ADRC-based single-loop control reduces the fluctuation coefficient by 0.5%, the circulating current suppression by 19%, and the output current distortion rate by 0.46%; and under dynamic conditions, it reaches the new stabilization faster and effectively suppresses capacitor voltage pulsation.
modular multilevel convertercapacitor voltage balancingactive disturbance rejection controlcirculating current suppressing controlsecond-order generalized integrator