Low-Frequency Oscillation Suppression of the Vehicle–Grid System in High-Speed Railways Based on H∞ Control

Recently, a traction blockade in the depots of numerous electric multiple units (EMUs) of high-speed railways has occured and resulted in some accidents in train operation. The traction blockade is caused by the low-frequency oscillation (LFO) of the vehicle–grid (EMUs–traction n...

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Main Authors: Zhaozhao Geng, Zhigang Liu, Xinxuan Hu, Jing Liu
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-06-01
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/6/1594
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Zhigang Liu
Xinxuan Hu
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Jing Liu
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description Recently, a traction blockade in the depots of numerous electric multiple units (EMUs) of high-speed railways has occured and resulted in some accidents in train operation. The traction blockade is caused by the low-frequency oscillation (LFO) of the vehicle–grid (EMUs–traction network) system. To suppress the LFO, a scheme of EMUs line-side converter based on the H∞ control is proposed in this paper. First, the mathematical model of the four-quadrant converter in EMUs is presented. Second, the state variables are determined and the weighting functions are selected. Then, an H∞ controller based on the dq coordinate is designed. Moreover, compared with the simulation results of traditional proportional integral (PI) control, auto-disturbance rejection control (ADRC) and multivariable control (MC) based on Matlab/Simulink and the RT-LAB platform, the simulation results of the proposed H∞ control confirm that the H∞ controller applied in EMUs of China Railway High-Speed 3 has better dynamic and static performances. Finally, a whole cascade system model of EMUs and a traction network is built, in which a reduced-order model of a traction network is adopted. The experimental results of multi-EMUs accessed in the traction network indicate that the H∞ controller has good suppression performance for the LFO of the vehicle–grid system. In addition, through the analysis of sensitivity of the H∞ controller and the traditional PI controller, it is indicated that the H∞ controller has better robustness.
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spelling doaj.art-cad14b509c1c435b943ede113b2463252022-12-22T02:19:22ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732018-06-01116159410.3390/en11061594en11061594Low-Frequency Oscillation Suppression of the Vehicle–Grid System in High-Speed Railways Based on H∞ ControlZhaozhao Geng0Zhigang Liu1Xinxuan Hu2Jing Liu3School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, ChinaSchool of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, ChinaSchool of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, ChinaSchool of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, ChinaRecently, a traction blockade in the depots of numerous electric multiple units (EMUs) of high-speed railways has occured and resulted in some accidents in train operation. The traction blockade is caused by the low-frequency oscillation (LFO) of the vehicle–grid (EMUs–traction network) system. To suppress the LFO, a scheme of EMUs line-side converter based on the H∞ control is proposed in this paper. First, the mathematical model of the four-quadrant converter in EMUs is presented. Second, the state variables are determined and the weighting functions are selected. Then, an H∞ controller based on the dq coordinate is designed. Moreover, compared with the simulation results of traditional proportional integral (PI) control, auto-disturbance rejection control (ADRC) and multivariable control (MC) based on Matlab/Simulink and the RT-LAB platform, the simulation results of the proposed H∞ control confirm that the H∞ controller applied in EMUs of China Railway High-Speed 3 has better dynamic and static performances. Finally, a whole cascade system model of EMUs and a traction network is built, in which a reduced-order model of a traction network is adopted. The experimental results of multi-EMUs accessed in the traction network indicate that the H∞ controller has good suppression performance for the LFO of the vehicle–grid system. In addition, through the analysis of sensitivity of the H∞ controller and the traditional PI controller, it is indicated that the H∞ controller has better robustness.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/6/1594high-speed railwayEMUs–traction networkconverterlow-frequency oscillationH∞ control
spellingShingle Zhaozhao Geng
Zhigang Liu
Xinxuan Hu
Jing Liu
Low-Frequency Oscillation Suppression of the Vehicle–Grid System in High-Speed Railways Based on H∞ Control
Energies
high-speed railway
EMUs–traction network
converter
low-frequency oscillation
H∞ control
title Low-Frequency Oscillation Suppression of the Vehicle–Grid System in High-Speed Railways Based on H∞ Control
title_full Low-Frequency Oscillation Suppression of the Vehicle–Grid System in High-Speed Railways Based on H∞ Control
title_fullStr Low-Frequency Oscillation Suppression of the Vehicle–Grid System in High-Speed Railways Based on H∞ Control
title_full_unstemmed Low-Frequency Oscillation Suppression of the Vehicle–Grid System in High-Speed Railways Based on H∞ Control
title_short Low-Frequency Oscillation Suppression of the Vehicle–Grid System in High-Speed Railways Based on H∞ Control
title_sort low frequency oscillation suppression of the vehicle grid system in high speed railways based on h∞ control
topic high-speed railway
EMUs–traction network
converter
low-frequency oscillation
H∞ control
url http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/6/1594
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