Dead band effect and compensation for return-free power control of dual active bridge
A dead band compensation strategy for CTPS control was proposed aiming at the problem that the occurrence of return power as well as the failure of soft switching was caused after the addition of bridge arm dead band to the triple phase-shift cooperative control (CTPS) of dual active bridge (DAB) converter. The coupling relationships between different mode shift ratios and the power transfer model and the switching conditions of CTPS control modes were corrected based on the principle of return power generation by analyzing the changes of transformer primary and secondary side voltages and leakage currents caused by the dead band of the bridge arm in different modes of CTPS control. Then the effective control of the impact of dead band on CTPS control was realized. The proposed compensation scheme suppressed the return power caused by the dead band,restored the soft-switching performance of the CTPS control,and had better current stress than before compensation. Experiments before and after dead band compensation were conducted separately to verify the analysis of the dead band effects and the proposed compensation strategy.
dual active bridge converterCTPS controlreturn powersoft-switchingdead band compensation