Performance Evaluation of an Active Neutral-Point-Clamped Multilevel Converter for Active Filtering in G2V-V2G and V2H Applications
This paper presents the performance evaluation of a proposed single-phase bidirectional active neutral-point-clamped (ANPC) five-level converter (5LC) for active filtering in grid-to-vehicle (G2V), vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-home (V2H) applications. In the system, the 5LC is series-connect...
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| description | This paper presents the performance evaluation of a proposed single-phase bidirectional active neutral-point-clamped (ANPC) five-level converter (5LC) for active filtering in grid-to-vehicle (G2V), vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-home (V2H) applications. In the system, the 5LC is series-connected with an electric vehicle battery charger based on a dual active half-bridge DC-DC converter (DAHBC). A cascaded strategy with a proportional-resonant compensator controls the 5LC whereas the DAHBC is controlled by a single phase-shift technique. A performance comparison is carried out for the proposed topology versus three NPC/ANPC 5L converters found in literature with similar topologies. The simulation results obtained in MATLAB-SimPowerSystems along with the experimental results obtained from a laboratory prototype validate the following: a) the first two literature topologies have the highest efficiencies, but they are incapable of balancing the voltage of the split-capacitors what increases the total harmonic distortion of both the grid current in the G2V/V2G modes and the 5LC output voltage in the V2H mode while producing a sluggish transient response, b) the 3rd literature topology like the proposed one properly balance the capacitors voltage and achieve a faster dynamics, but at the expense of an efficiency reduction, and c) unlike the former topology that continuously applies a natural but wasting unfedback voltage balancing strategy, the proposed one that includes a closed-loop control allows achieving an ANPC 5LC with a superior performance featured by a higher efficiency, a reduced switches stress, a flatter power losses distribution and a better power quality improving under the three modes of operation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6dc53da4b8924e80b49706ff6f73ed5e2022-12-22T01:16:31ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362022-01-0110416074162110.1109/ACCESS.2022.31676949758787Performance Evaluation of an Active Neutral-Point-Clamped Multilevel Converter for Active Filtering in G2V-V2G and V2H ApplicationsLara Jorge0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2746-7044Hernandez Concepcion1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4757-5309Marco A. Arjona2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1826-4066Masisi Lesedi3Chandra Ambrish4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2974-1120División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, TNM Instituto Tecnológico de La Laguna, Torreon, MexicoDivisión de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, TNM Instituto Tecnológico de La Laguna, Torreon, MexicoDivisión de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, TNM Instituto Tecnológico de La Laguna, Torreon, MexicoSchool of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South AfricaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Montreal, QC, CanadaThis paper presents the performance evaluation of a proposed single-phase bidirectional active neutral-point-clamped (ANPC) five-level converter (5LC) for active filtering in grid-to-vehicle (G2V), vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-home (V2H) applications. In the system, the 5LC is series-connected with an electric vehicle battery charger based on a dual active half-bridge DC-DC converter (DAHBC). A cascaded strategy with a proportional-resonant compensator controls the 5LC whereas the DAHBC is controlled by a single phase-shift technique. A performance comparison is carried out for the proposed topology versus three NPC/ANPC 5L converters found in literature with similar topologies. The simulation results obtained in MATLAB-SimPowerSystems along with the experimental results obtained from a laboratory prototype validate the following: a) the first two literature topologies have the highest efficiencies, but they are incapable of balancing the voltage of the split-capacitors what increases the total harmonic distortion of both the grid current in the G2V/V2G modes and the 5LC output voltage in the V2H mode while producing a sluggish transient response, b) the 3rd literature topology like the proposed one properly balance the capacitors voltage and achieve a faster dynamics, but at the expense of an efficiency reduction, and c) unlike the former topology that continuously applies a natural but wasting unfedback voltage balancing strategy, the proposed one that includes a closed-loop control allows achieving an ANPC 5LC with a superior performance featured by a higher efficiency, a reduced switches stress, a flatter power losses distribution and a better power quality improving under the three modes of operation.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9758787/Five-level converterANPC topologycapacitor’s voltage balancingactive filterpower qualityelectric vehicle |
| spellingShingle | Lara Jorge Hernandez Concepcion Marco A. Arjona Masisi Lesedi Chandra Ambrish Performance Evaluation of an Active Neutral-Point-Clamped Multilevel Converter for Active Filtering in G2V-V2G and V2H Applications IEEE Access Five-level converter ANPC topology capacitor’s voltage balancing active filter power quality electric vehicle |
| title | Performance Evaluation of an Active Neutral-Point-Clamped Multilevel Converter for Active Filtering in G2V-V2G and V2H Applications |
| title_full | Performance Evaluation of an Active Neutral-Point-Clamped Multilevel Converter for Active Filtering in G2V-V2G and V2H Applications |
| title_fullStr | Performance Evaluation of an Active Neutral-Point-Clamped Multilevel Converter for Active Filtering in G2V-V2G and V2H Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance Evaluation of an Active Neutral-Point-Clamped Multilevel Converter for Active Filtering in G2V-V2G and V2H Applications |
| title_short | Performance Evaluation of an Active Neutral-Point-Clamped Multilevel Converter for Active Filtering in G2V-V2G and V2H Applications |
| title_sort | performance evaluation of an active neutral point clamped multilevel converter for active filtering in g2v v2g and v2h applications |
| topic | Five-level converter ANPC topology capacitor’s voltage balancing active filter power quality electric vehicle |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9758787/ |
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