Design of A Three-Phase Boost Type Vienna Rectifier For 1kW Wind Energy Conversion System
Design of A Three-Phase Boost Type Vienna Rectifier For 1kW Wind Energy Conversion System
Design of A Three-Phase Boost Type Vienna Rectifier For 1kW Wind Energy Conversion System
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School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, India
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School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, India
Corresponding Author, Dr. Sudha Ramasamy, School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, Tel: 91 9578409526, sudha.r@vit.ac.in
Abstract- This paper accords a novel 3-ϕ (three-phase) boost type Vienna rectifier for AC/DC power conversion. The
proposed circuit topology is employed for the power conversion of AC into DC with the enhanced output voltage and reduced
switching losses. It is a preferable front side conversion unit for AC power generated renewable energy systems and also for
AC input fed DC applications. Vienna rectifier is adequate where a unidirectional power flow is essential in the system with
high power density and low voltage stress across the switches. The AC to DC Vienna Rectifier provides approximately a unity
PF (Power Factor), sinusoidal input current and low THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) at the supply side. İn this paper, the
Vienna Rectifier is engaged in the conversion of a 230V AC to 400V DC with 50% reduction of voltage stress across the
switches. The SVPWM (Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation) controller based proposed circuit topology is designed for
1kW PMSG (Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator) wind energy conversion system (WECS) in MATLAB/Simulink and
results are validated.
Keywords- Wind Energy Conversion System (WECS), PMSG, Vienna Rectifier, DC-link voltage, SVPWM Controller.
2.1 Wind energy conversion system system, the kinetic energy is transformed into
mechanical energy and then it is converted to electrical
In the process of effective energy energy. WECS consists of the mechanical gearbox
production, the chief criterion is to fulfill the power with two or more blades connected, which transforms
demand of end users with the low cost. Power can be low rotational wind turbine speed to high rotational
produced by the available renewable and non- PMSG speed. A PMSG is connected to the mechanical
renewable resources of distinct forms. Apart from gearbox which transforms mechanical energy into
conventional resources, many renewable resources are electrical energy. The mechanical power output
available in nature; one of them is wind energy which characteristics of the wind turbine for the different
plays a crucial role in the power system. In this speed input at zero pitch angle are shown in Fig.2.
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Therefore, the wind turbine dynamic model equation is
A) Wind Turbine Modeling expressed as,
dm
The wind turbine can transform kinetic energy J TElec Tm Fm ] (8)
into mechanical energy at variable speed and the dt
torque developed by the turbine will be derived from Where J= moment of inertia & F= Viscous friction
the mathematical modeling. The wind turbine and coefficient.
PMSG parameters considered in the system design are Three phase input voltage is written as,
shown in Table.1. The mechanical torque (Tm)
produced by the wind turbine is expressed as, E A = E m sin ( wt )
1 1
Tm ACp (, ) 3 3 (1) 2
2 E B = E m sin (wt - ) (9)
3
Where, =Air density (kg/m3), C p =Power 2
E C = E m sin (wt + )
Coefficient, A= Sweep area of turbine blades (m2), 3
= Pitch angle (deg), = Wind speed (m/s), Table. 1: Wind turbine unit parameters
=Rotor angular velocity (rad/sec) and = Tip-ratio. S.No Wind system parameters Ratings
And can be expressed as, 1 Maximum output power 1kW
2 Wind base speed 12m/s
m r 3 Pitch angle 0o
, where r = Rotor radius (m) (2) 4 Torque constant 1.8
5 Flux linkage 1.2Wb-
Similarly, the mechanical power produced by the wind t
turbine is expressed as 6 Stator phase resistance 3.07Ω
1 7 Armature inductance 6.57mH
Pm ACp (, ) 3 (3) 8 Maximum PMSG output 230V
2 voltage
B) PMSG Modeling
2.2 Vienna Rectifier (AC/DC converter)
The mechanical energy is converted into electrical
The Vienna Rectifier is an advantageous
energy using PMSG at high speed and fed to the
unidirectional PFC (power factor correction) rectifier with
AC/DC and/or AC/DC/AC converters for the DC
less number of active power switches, sinusoidal input
utility and/or AC mains. The mathematical modeling
current, and balanced output DC-link voltage, low voltage
of PMSG can be derived from machine parameters.
stress across switches, high switching operation and high
The electrical energy (voltage) developed by the
efficiency. The boost type rectifier is used for the wind,
PMSG is expressed as,
microturbines, low voltage DC (LVDC), high voltage DC
Vgq (R g pLq )i q e (Ldi d f ) (4)
distribution (HVDC) and AC mains at the front side for
Vgd (R g pLd )i d e Lqi d (5) higher voltages of 400V-750V-1500V. It consists of 3-
switches and 18-diodes with DC-link capacitor at the
Where, id ,Vgd and iq,Vgq are the d-q axis stator current output. The current flow in the circuit depends on the
and voltage respectively, Ld and Lq are the d-q axis switching pattern, as mentioned in Table.2. As shown in
inductance of generator, f = Magnetic flux (wb) and Fig.3a & 3b, for S1=0 (switch-OFF) current flows through
Rg refers to the resistance of the generator (Ω). the diodes from phase to neutral when is IA +ve and current
e is the electrical speed of the generator. The e is flows through the diodes from neutral to phase when IA is –
ve. Similarly, for S1=1 (switch-ON) current flows through
expressed as the switch S1 from phase to neutral when IA +ve and
e = pn m (6) current flows the switch S1 from neutral to phase when IA
The electromagnetic torque (TElec) of the PMSG is is –ve as shown in Fig.3c & 3d. In this way, circuit
expressed as, operation can be expressed for switch S2 and S3 i.e. for all
three phase voltage and current equations.
3
TElec [ f i q (Ld Lq )i d i q ] (7)
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a) b)
c) d)
Fig.3 Current flow in the circuit when S1=0 (Fig3a: IA +ve & Fig3b: IA -ve) and S1=1 (Fig3c: IA +ve & Fig3d: IA -ve)
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respectively. This voltage control ensures the balanced frame for a three-phase Vienna rectifier with eight
output and reduces to half of the DC – link voltage switching patterns which finds a voltage space vector.
across the switches. Therefore, the DC – link capacitor The switching patterns can be divided into six-sectors
voltage is written as, excluding V0 and V7 with the same magnitude of 2/3Vdc.
Each of the voltage vectors can be synchronized by the
VDC = VDC1 + VDC2 adjacent vector of the sector which minimizes the
(12) switching time and current harmonic distortion. In this
V = VDC1 - VDC2 the three-phase current abc (iABC) can be transformed into
The current through the output capacitor is written as, (id & iq) d-q frame which compared by the reference
currents of idref and iqref , an error signal is given to the PI
d VDC1 (Proportional-Integral) controller where the reference
i C1 = C1
dt currents can be taken from the output voltage VDC and
(13) VDCref . Here id and iq in d-q frame transformed into abc
d VDC2
i C2 = C2 frame which is given to SVPWM controller where the
dt desired switching pulses will be generated. The following
equations are derived from the controller circuit. The
3. SVPWM Controller mathematical equations of voltage and current in
stationary d-q frame are expressed as,
The SVPWM current controller as shown in Fig.4
is used to generate the desired voltage vectors in the d-q
Fig.4 Proposed model of an SVPWM based three phase boost type Vienna Rectifier
d VDC 3
C (i q Sq i d Sd ) - i L Ki
dt 2
Vdref (K )(i dref i d ) Li q E d
(14) S
di q (16)
L Li d Ri q E q VDCSq K
dt Vqref (K i )(i qref i q ) Li d E q
S
di d
L Li q Ri d E d VDCSd
dt 4. Result Analysis
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rad/sec (pu). Similarly, Fig.7 shows the results of turbine 2 Maximum output voltage of Vienna 400V
speed (Wm) (rad/sec), mechanical torque (Tm), phase Rectifier
voltage (VA) and phase current (IA). The 3-ϕ voltage 3 Input inductance (LA=LB=LC) 10mH
(VABC) and current (IABC) input are given to rectifier from 4 Input filter capacitance (CA=CB=CC) 100uF
WECS are shown in Fig.8. 5 DC-link capacitance (C1 + C2) 200µF
Table.3: Proposed circuit parameters 6 Diode resistance (RON) 0.001Ω
7 Load resistance (R) 160 Ω
S.No Circuit parameters Ratings 8 Maximum output power 1kW
1 Three phase input voltage 230V
Fig.6 Simulation results of wind input and rotor speed (Wm) (pu)
Fig.7 Results of turbine speed (Wm) (rad/sec), mechanical torque (Tm), phase voltage (VA) and phase current (IA)
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Fig.8 Simulation results of three phase voltage (VABC) and current (IABC)
The output active power (PAC), apparent power Fig.11 for DC output voltage (VDC), current (IDC) and
(PAPP) and reactive power (PReac) of the PMSG are shown power (PDC). And one of the main desirable parameters is
in Fig.9, which states the maximum power generation from voltage stress and power loss across the switches, which
the PMSG even for low-speed wind turbines in the small- results in the high-efficiency power conversion of the
scale WECS. The output of the AC/DC converters is converter. The voltage across the switches is reduced to
mainly depended on the DC-link capacitors, which is half of the DC-link voltage which results in reduced
maintained at a constant value even for large input switching losses, and the voltage (VSW), current (ISW) and
variations as shown in Fig.10. Similarly, the desired power (PSW) waveforms are plotted for the switch S3 as
output waveforms of the proposed rectifier are depicted in shown in Fig.12 and similar to the other the switches.
Fig.9 Simulation results of Active power (PAC), Apparent power (PAPP) and Reactive power (PReac) at output of PMSG
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Fig.10 Simulation results of voltage across the DC-link capacitors C1 and C2
Fig.11 Simulation results of DC output voltage (VDC), current (IDC) and power (PDC)
Fig.12 Simulation results of voltage (VSW), current (ISW) and power (PSW) at switch S3
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