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Implementation and Control of Switched Boost Inverter

for DC Nanogrid Applications


Ravindranath Adda, Olive Ray, Santanu Mishra, and Avinash Joshi
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur, India
E-mail: (raviadda, olive, santanum, ajoshi)@iitk.ac.in

AbstractSwitched boost inverter (SBI) is a single stage power DC Loads


converter that can supply both dc and ac loads simultaneously.
Unlike the traditional buck type voltage source inverter (VSI), DS
DC/DC DC/AC Local
the SBI can produce an ac output voltage that is either greater Converter Converter AC Loads
or less than the available dc input voltage. Also, the SBI Solar Panel DC Bus AC Bus
exhibits better EMI noise immunity when compared to the
VSI. These features make the SBI suitable for microgrid and Bi-Directional
Energy
nanogrid applications. In this paper, the SBI is proposed as a Storage DC/DC
power electronic interface in DC nanogrid. The structure and Converter
advantages of the proposed SBI based DC nanogrid are
discussed in detail. A closed loop control system is also Figure 1. Schematic of a DC Nanogrid.
designed for the SBI supplying both DC and AC loads using
Synchronous Reference Frame (SRF) approach, and it is
Ao
implemented in digital domain using Texas Instruments
TMS320F28335 Digital Signal Processor (DSP). The control Vg Switched
system of SBI has been experimentally validated using a 0.5
Boost vAC Local
AC Loads
Inverter Bo
kW experimental prototype of SBI supplying both DC and AC Solar Panel
loads, and the relevant experimental results are presented in VDC
the paper. The experimental results show that the DSP based
control system shows excellent performance under the steady Bi-Directional DC Loads
Energy
state as well as during the transients in either DC or AC loads Storage DC/DC
Converter
in the system. The low cross regulation of the control system DC Bus
has also been verified for a step change in either DC or AC
load of SBI. These experimental results confirm the suitability Figure 2. Structure of the proposed SBI based DC Nanogrid.
of the SBI and its closed loop control strategy for DC nanogrid
applications. Da V L iL
sn1 Vi
vL
I. INTRODUCTION GS S1 D1 S3 D3
S Db Lf i Lf iAC Ao
DC nanogrid is a low power dc distribution system
A
suitable for residential power applications [1]-[3]. The Vg VDC Cf vAC AC Load
average load demand in the nanogrid is generally met by the iC i DC
B
Bo
local renewable energy resources like solar, wind, etc. An S4 D4 S2 D2
C
energy storage unit is also required to ensure uninterruptible DC Load

power supply to the critical loads and to maintain power


balance in the nanogrid.
Figure 3. Circuit diagram of Switched Boost Inverter supplying both DC and
Fig. 1 shows the schematic of a DC nanogrid consisting AC loads.
of a solar panel as an energy source, a storage unit and some
dc and local ac loads. As the dynamic behaviors of all these also has its own power electronic interface [1]-[3] which is
different units of nanogrid are not uniform, they are not shown in Fig. 1.
interfaced to a common DC Bus using power electronic
In the nanogrid structure of Fig. 1, three different power
converters as shown in Fig. 1. Each DC load in the nanogrid
converter stages are used to interface the renewable energy

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source, energy storage unit and the local AC loads in the compared to ZSI is that it can supply both DC and AC loads
system to the DC bus. This paper proposes another structure simultaneously from a single DC input as shown in Fig. 3.
of the DC nanogrid using Switched Boost Inverter (SBI) [4], This section presents the steady state analysis of SBI
[12] as a power electronic interface. Fig. 2 shows the supplying both DC and AC loads, and the expression for the
structure of the proposed SBI based DC nanogrid, and Fig. 3 DC and AC output voltages of SBI.
shows the circuit diagram of the SBI. The proposed structure
has the following advantages when compared to the A. Steady state operation of SBI
conventional structure [1]-[3] shown in Fig. 1. To explain the steady state operation of the SBI, assume
that the inverter is in shoot-through zero state for duration
1. SBI is a single stage power converter that can supply D.TS in a switching cycle TS. The switch S is also turned on
both DC (across Capacitor C) and AC loads (between during this interval. As shown in the equivalent circuit of
nodes AO and BO) simultaneously. So, it can realize both Fig. 4 (a), the inverter bridge is represented by a short circuit
the DC to DC Converter for solar panel and the DC to during this interval. The diodes Da and Db are reverse biased
AC converter in a single stage. This decreases size and (as VDC > Vg) and the capacitor C charges the inductor L
cost of overall system. through switch S and the inverter bridge. The inductor
2. The output AC voltage of SBI can be either higher or current in this interval equals the capacitor discharging
lower than the available source voltage. So, it has wide current minus the DC load current.
range of obtainable output voltage for a given source For the remaining duration in the switching cycle (1-
voltage. D).TS, the inverter is in non shoot-through state and the
3. SBI exhibits better EMI noise immunity when compared switch S is turned off. The inverter bridge is represented by a
to a traditional voltage source inverter, as the shoot- current source in this interval as shown in the equivalent
through due to EMI noise will not damage the inverter circuit of Fig. 4 (b). Now, the voltage source, Vg, and
switches [4]-[5]. This reduces extra burden on the power inductor L together supply power to the DC load, inverter
converter protection circuit. and the capacitor through diodes Da and Db. The inductor
current in this interval equals the capacitor charging current
4. As the SBI allows shoot-through in the inverter legs, it added to the inverter input current and the DC Load current.
doesnt require a dead-time circuit and hence eliminates Note that the inductor current is assumed to be sufficient
the need for complex dead-time compensation enough for the continuous conduction of the diodes Da, Db
technologies [6]-[7]. for the entire interval (1-D).TS.
This paper describes a structure of the SBI based DC Fig. 4 (c) shows the steady state waveforms of the
nanogrid and its advantages compared to the conventional converter operation for one switching cycle TS with respect
structure shown in Fig. 1. This paper also presents the steady to the gate control signal GS of switch S. From Fig. 4 (a) and
state analysis of SBI supplying both DC and AC loads, its Fig. 4 (b), one has,
closed loop control strategy, and the experimental
verification of the closed loop control system using a v DC (t ) if 0 < t < D.TS
v L (t ) = (1)
laboratory prototype. Section II describes the steady state Vg v DC (t ) if D.TS < t < TS
analysis of SBI supplying both DC and AC loads. The
analysis and design of a closed loop control system for the iL (t ) iDC (t ) if 0 < t < D.TS
SBI has been given in Section III. In Section IV, the control iC (t ) = (2)
strategy has been experimentally validated using a 0.5 kW iL (t ) iDC (t ) ii (t ) if D.TS < t < TS
laboratory prototype of SBI controlled using
TMS320F28335 DSP. Section V presents some concluding 0 if 0 < t < D.TS (3)
vi (t ) =
remarks of the paper. vDC (t ) if D.TS < t < TS
Note that, in this paper, small letters are used to represent Using small ripple approximation, equations (1) to (3)
sinusoidal signals and capital letters are used to represent DC can be rewritten as,
signals. Also X is phasor representation of a sinusoidal
signal x. The superscript * is used to represent the reference VDC if 0 < t < D.TS
v L (t ) = (4)
signals to the control system of DC Nanogrid. Vg VDC if D.TS < t < TS
II. THE SWITCHED BOOST INVERTER TOPOLOGY I L I DC if 0 < t < D.TS
iC (t ) = (5)
Switched Boost Inverter (SBI) is a single stage power I L I DC I i if D.TS < t < TS
converter derived from Inverse Watkins Johnson (IWJ)
0 if 0 < t < D.TS (6)
Topology [4]-[5]. Similar to a Z-Source Inverter (ZSI) [8], vi (t ) =
the SBI also utilizes the shoot-through state of the inverter VDC if D.TS < t < TS
bridge (both switches in one leg of the inverter are turned on
simultaneously) to generate an ac output voltage higher than Here, VDC , I L , and I DC are DC components in vDC (t ) ,
the available dc source voltage. The advantage of SBI when iL (t ) , iDC (t ) respectively and I i is the current drawn by

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inverter bridge in (1-D).TS interval. Under steady state, the through the capacitor in one switching cycle should be zero.
average voltage across the inductor and average current Using volt-sec balance we have,
iL VDC 1 D
VDC D + (Vg VDC ) (1 D ) = 0
Da Vsn1 L Vi (7)
=
vL Vg 1 2 D
Db
S Similarly, using charge-sec balance one can write,
Vg VDC
( I L I DC ) D + (I L I DC I i ) (1 D ) = 0
iC i DC
DC Load 1 1 D (8)
C IL = I DC + Ii
1 2D 1 2D

(a) The average dc link voltage Vi can be calculated as,

Da Vsn1 L iL Vi Vi = 0 D + VDC (1 D ) = VDC (1 D ) (9)


vL The expression for conversion ratio (VDC Vg ) is plotted
Db
S
in Fig. 4 (d). As shown in the figure, (VDC Vg ) is unity when
Vg VDC ii D = 0 and it becomes very high as D approaches 0.5. Note
iC i DC that, similar to a Z-Source Inverter [8], the shoot-through
C DC Load duty ratio (D) of the SBI also cannot exceed 0.5 for a
positive DC bus voltage, VDC.
B. Expression for AC output voltage of SBI
(b)
The ac output voltage of SBI depends on the Pulse Width
Modulation (PWM) strategy used to control the SBI. Note
that as the operation of SBI is similar to that of a ZSI, it is
possible to extend most of the PWM techniques of ZSI [8]-
[11] to control the SBI. In this paper, a modified unipolar
sine-triangle PWM control strategy developed in [12] is used
to control the SBI. With this PWM control technique, the
peak value of the AC output voltage vAC is given by [12],

( )
VAC = VAB fundmental
1 D
= M VDC = M Vg (10)
1 2D
where M is the modulation index of the inverter bridge. Note
that the equation (10) is valid only if the sum of modulation
index (M) and shoot-through duty ratio (D) of SBI is less
than unity [12].
III. A CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEM FOR SBI
(c) SUPPLYING BOTH DC AND AC LOADS
Fig. 5 (a) shows the closed loop control architecture of
the SBI supplying both DC and AC loads simultaneously. In
this scheme, the task of the controller is to generate gate
signals (GS, GS1, GS2, GS3, and GS4) for SBI shown in Fig. 3
such that the voltages at the DC bus (VDC) and the AC bus
*
(vAC) are regulated to their respective reference values VDC
*
and vAC . As shown in Fig. 5 (a), the controller for the DC
nanogrid has been implemented in digital domain using
Texas Instruments TMS320F28335 DSP [17]. This DSP has
a built-in 12-bit ADC that accepts analog feedback signals
(d) (VDC, vAC, and iLf) from SBI and converts them into digital
Figure 4. (a) Equivalent circuit of SBI in D.TS interval, (b) Equivalent domain. These feedback signals along with the reference
circuit of SBI in (1-D).TS interval, (c) Steady state waveforms, and (d) signals for the AC and DC bus voltages are given as inputs
Transfer (DC-DC) characteristics of SBI. to the controller block. Note that, as the AC bus voltage

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controller is designed using synchronous reference frame order to reduce the extra computational burden on the DSP.
*
approach [13], the reference for AC bus voltage vAC is As shown in Fig. 5 (a), the control system has a DC bus
directly given in dq domain ( Vd* , Vq* , and ) in Fig. 5 (a), in voltage controller that regulates the DC bus voltage, VDC to

(a)

(b) (c)
Figure 5. (a) Complete Block diagram of the DSP based controller for the SBI supplying both DC and AC loads, (b) Outer voltage controller, and (c) Inner
current controller. Lf, and Cf are the inverter output filter parameters shown in Fig. 3.

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*
its reference value, VDC . The output of this controller is the IV. EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION
shoot-through duty ratio D of the SBI. The AC Bus voltage A 500 W laboratory prototype of the SBI supplying both
controller has a cascaded control structure with an inner DC and AC loads, shown in Fig. 3, is developed to verify the
current controller block and an outer voltage controller block closed loop control strategy given in the paper. Fig. 6 shows
as shown in Fig. 5 (a). The detailed view of these two the block diagram of the complete experimental setup. Note
controllers is given in Fig. 5 (b) and Fig. 5 (c). Note that, as that in this paper, opto-coupler based gate drivers are used to
the AC bus voltage controller is implemented using SRF drive all five switches of the SBI. Fig. 6 (b) shows the
approach, the feedback signals (vAC, iLf) should also be schematic of gate drive circuit, GD1 for switch S1. Similar
transformed from single phase (1) to dq domain. This circuit is used to drive all other switches of the converter.
transformation involves the following two steps. Also, as shown in block diagram of Fig. 6 (a), the AC load of
the SBI is isolated from the power converter stage using a
Step 1: 1 to transformation 1:5 isolation transformer to provide flexibility in the voltage
The sensed sinusoidal voltage vAC of SBI is passed levels of the prototype. However, this may not be required in
through a Quadrature Signal Generator (QSG) that is based the actual implementation of the Nanogrid [1]-[2].
on Second-Order Generalized Integrator (SOGI) [14]-[15]. Table I and Table II list the parameters and components
The tuning frequency of the SOGI is set to the input used for the experimental verification. The closed loop
frequency as shown in Fig. 5 (a). The outputs of the SOGI- control strategy has been implemented using the Texas
QSG are two in-quadrature sinusoidal signals v and v such instruments TMS320F28335 DSP as mentioned in previous
that V = VAC and V = ( j1).VAC . Similar technique is used to *
sections. The DSP takes the reference signals ( VDC , Vd* , Vq* ,
transform the sensed sinusoidal current iLf into domain as
and ) and feedback signals (VDC, iLf, and vAC) from SBI as
shown in Fig. 5 (a).
inputs and generates the gate signals (GS, GS1, GS2, GS3, and
Step 2: to dq transformation GS4) of SBI as explained in section III.
In this step, the sinusoidal signals (v, v) and (i, i) are TABLE I. PARAMETERS USED FOR EXPERIMENT
pre-multiplied by the transformation matrix, T as given in Parameter/Component Attributes
equation (11) below. Input Voltage (Vg) 48 V
Fundamental frequency (fO) 50 Hz
Vd v I d i
Vq = [T ].v and I q = [T ].i
Switching frequency (fS) 10 kHz
(11) Inductor (L) 850 H
Capacitor (C) 1000 F
Output Filter Inductor (Lf) 1.0 mH
sin cos Output Filter Capacitor (Cf) 10 F
where T =
cos sin AC Load (Resistive)
DC Load (Resistive)
210 , 250 W
70 , 250 W
Turns ratio of the isolation transformer (1:N) 1:5
Note that as the controller is designed for a standalone
system, the value of is generated by integration of the TABLE II. COMPONENTS USED FOR EXPERIMENT
input , as shown in Fig. 5 (a). As a result of the
transformation given in (11), these sinusoidal signals are Component Manufacturer
transformed into DC signals (Vd, Vq) and (Id, Iq) respectively. S1, S2, S3, S4 G7PH42UD (IR Corp.)
S G20B120U (IR Corp.)
Now the sensed feedback signals are in dq domain and can Da, Db 60CPF12 (Vishay Semiconductors)
be given as inputs to the AC bus voltage controller as shown Gate Driver M57959L (Mitsubishi Electric Corp.)
in Fig. 5 (a). The outputs of the AC bus voltage controller are
the modulation signals of the SBI in dq domain, i.e., Md and A. Steady state operation of the SBI
Mq. From these two DC signals in dq domain, the sinusoidal Fig. 7 shows the steady state waveforms of the SBI
modulation signal, m of SBI can be obtained using dq to 1 supplying both DC and AC loads with an input voltage, Vg =
transformation given in the equation below. 48 V. A 250 W DC load and a 250 W AC load are connected
to the DC bus and the AC bus of the SBI respectively. The
m = M d . sin + M q . cos (12) reference signals for the closed loop control system of SBI
*
The outputs of the controller (D and m) are given as are: VDC = 130 V, Vd* = 65 V, Vq* = 0 V, and = 100
inputs to the ePWM modules of DSP which are the key rad/sec. Note that the reference value for vAC is chosen such
peripherals to generate the PWM signals of SBI. In this that the AC load voltage is equal to 230 V RMS ( = 5 46 V ).
paper, the modified unipolar sine-triangle PWM technique of Table III compares the actual voltages at various nodes of the
SBI described in [12] is followed to generate the PWM SBI with their respective reference values. From Fig. 7 and
control signals for SBI. Note that, in steady state, the Table III, it is clear that the actual voltages are matching well
amplitude and frequency of the AC output voltage of SBI with their respective reference signals. This confirms that the
(vAC) equals Vd* and respectively. switched boost inverter can be used as a power electronic
interface in a DC nanogrid with both DC and AC loads.

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Da Vsn1 L iL Vi
vL
G S1 G S3
GS GD1 S1 D1 GD3 S3 D3
GD S Db Lf iLf 1:N iAC
A
Vg
VDC
Cf vAC N.vAC AC Load
B
iC i DC G S4 G S2
GD4 S4 D4 GD2 S2 D2 Isolation
C Transformer
DC Load

GS G S1 G S4 G S3 G S2

Texas Instruments TMS320F28335 DSP

Vd* Vq* w *
VDC VDC iLf vAC
Reference Signals for AC and DC Load voltages of SBI Sensed Feedback Signals from SBI

(a)
Vi

RG
+5V S1 D1

M57959L
Opto-isolated 47 uF 15 V
Gate Drive r IC
G S1 47 uF 10 V A

From DSP Isolated DC


Power Supply
GD 1

(b)
Figure 6. (a) Complete Block diagram of the experimental setup, and (b) Schematic of the gate driver circuit for switch S1 (GD1).

TABLE III. COMPARISON OF ACTUAL VOLTAGES OF THE SBI IN FIG. 7


WITH THEIR REFERENCE SIGNALS (N = 5)
VDC
Signal name Reference signal Actual value in Fig. 6
Input voltage - Vg = 48 V (DC)
Vg DC bus voltage *
(DC Load voltage)
VDC = 130 V VDC = 130 V (DC)
* *
Transformer Vd = 65 V; Vq = 0
vAC = 46 V (RMS)
primary voltage *
vAC = 46 V (RMS)
*
vAC Transformer N Vd = 325 V (peak) N Vd = 325 V (peak)
secondary voltage
* N vAC = 230 V (RMS)
(AC Load voltage) N v AC = 230 V (RMS)
N.vAC Frequency f = /2 = 50 Hz f = /2 = 50 Hz

B. Performance of the closed loop control system with a


step change in either AC or DC load
To test the dynamic performance of the closed loop
Figure 7. Steady state operation of SBI. control system, a step change has been applied in both AC

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VDC VDC
N.vAC N.vAC

iAC
iAC

(a) (b)

VDC VDC
IDC

IDC

N.vAC N.vAC

(c) (d)

Figure 8. Performance of the controller with (a) 20% step-down change in AC Load current (iAC), (b) 20% step-up change in AC Load current
(iAC), (c) 20% step-down change in DC Load current (IDC), and (d) 20% step-up change in DC Load current (IDC).

and DC loads of SBI separately, and the corresponding this paper. It is also shown that the SBI can supply both DC
experimental results are presented in Fig. 8. In all these and AC loads simultaneously from a single DC input. The
figures, the signal shown in channel 1 (orange) represents the steady state operation and mathematical analysis of the SBI
AC or DC load current (iAC or IDC). It can be observed from supplying both DC and AC loads is also given in this paper.
these figures that both the DC bus (VDC) and AC bus (vAC) This paper also presents a synchronous reference frame
voltages are maintained to be constant by the closed loop based closed loop control strategy for SBI that can regulate
controller even during a step change in either AC load or DC both DC and AC output voltages to their respective reference
load. This confirms that the DSP based closed loop control values during steady state as well as during step change in
system presented in this paper shows excellent dynamic either DC or AC load of SBI. The closed loop control
performance as well as low cross regulation of AC and DC strategy has been implemented in digital domain using
bus voltages of SBI. TMS320F28335 DSP. The steady state and dynamic
performance as well as the low cross regulation of the closed
V. CONCLUSION loop control strategy have been experimentally validated
This paper presents a structure of the DC nanogrid using using a 0.5 kW laboratory prototype of SBI supplying both
Switched Boost Inverter (SBI) as power electronic interface. DC and AC loads simultaneously from a 48 V DC input. The
The advantages of the proposed structure compared to the experimental results confirm that the SBI and its closed loop
traditional structure of the DC nanogrid are also discussed in control strategy are suitable for DC nanogrid applications.

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