Bandwidth Expansion Method for Circulating Current Control in Parallel Three-phase PWM Converter Connection System

The use of common dc-link parallel three-phase PWM converters without isolating transformers will cause zero-sequence circulating current problem. Previous works have proven that the circulating current is mainly affected by zero vectors employed in each PWM cycle. This paper proposes a novel method to suppress the circulating current. Detailed analysis is presented on the causes of zero-sequence circulating current based on a derived average model. A zero vectors feed-forward control strategy in combination with traditional PI control method is proposed to reject disturbances in zero-axis current system. In addition, a dual current sampling and dual PWM duty ratio update (DSDU) scheme is used to expand the bandwidth of zero-axis current loop. As a result, better circulating current suppression performance can be achieved in different filter inductance and converter output currents condition. Compared with the PI control method, the converters operated in parallel can be switched on and switched off separately with small current impact. Experimental results confirm the performance and effectiveness of the proposed method.

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