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An additional stabilizer for mitigating the instability in DC/DC cascaded system with constant power loads

  • Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Abstract

Cascaded DC converters are becoming widely used in DC distributed power system. When a DC converter is tightly regulated, it operates as a constant power load (CPL). In a cascaded system, instability problems usually occurs due to the negative incremental impedance characteristic caused by a CPL. In order to mitigate instability, this paper proposes a new approach by adding an additional stabilizer in parallel with the intermediate DC bus of the cascaded system. Composed of a resistor and a bi-directional Buck-Boost converter, this stabilizer is controlled to emulate a RC damper. By reducing the output impedance of source converter, impedance based stability criterion is satisfied. After applying this stabilizer, both stability and dynamic performance of the cascaded system are improved. Lastly, a simulation based on two cascaded Buck converters is presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed stabilizer.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE 3rd International Future Energy Electronics Conference and ECCE Asia, IFEEC - ECCE Asia 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1982-1986
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781509051571
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Jul 2017
Event3rd IEEE International Future Energy Electronics Conference and ECCE Asia, IFEEC - ECCE Asia 2017 - Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: 3 Jun 20177 Jun 2017

Publication series

Name2017 IEEE 3rd International Future Energy Electronics Conference and ECCE Asia, IFEEC - ECCE Asia 2017

Conference

Conference3rd IEEE International Future Energy Electronics Conference and ECCE Asia, IFEEC - ECCE Asia 2017
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityKaohsiung
Period3/06/177/06/17

Keywords

  • cascaded system stability
  • constant power loads
  • impedance
  • stabilizer

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