FPGA-Based Fault-Tolerant Space Vector-Hysteresis Current Control for Three-Phase Grid-Connected Converter

This paper investigates the field-programmable gate array (FPGA) implementation of a fault-tolerant space vector-hysteresis current control (SV-HCC) for three-phase grid-connected converter. The proposed control ensures continuous operation despite of an open-circuit fault in one grid current measurement circuit (caused by defected cables, lines or connectors at the output of the current measurement circuit). It is based on hardware redundancy of current measurement circuits for fault detection and isolation. The faulty measured current is identified through the computation of residuals with well-defined thresholds. Thanks to the high computation capabilities of FPGAs, the implemented fault-tolerant SV-HCC is executed with a very high sampling frequency and very low execution time. As a consequence, the defined theoretical thresholds remain available for the experimental tests. Several experimental results, carried out on FPGA-based prototyping platform, are given in order to illustrate effectiveness and reliability of the proposed fault-tolerant SV-HCC.

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