Multivariable control of modular multilevel converters with convergence and safety guarantees
Well-designed current control is a key factor in ensuring the efficient and safe operation of modular multilevel converters (MMCs). Even though this control problem involves multiple control objectives, conventional current control schemes are comprised of independently designed decoupled controllers, e.g., proportional-integral (PI) or proportional-resonant (PR). Due to the bilinearity of the MMC dynamics, tuning PI and PR controllers so that good performance and constraint satisfaction are guaranteed is quite challenging. This challenge becomes more relevant in an AC/AC MMC configuration due to the complexity of tracking the single-phase sinusoidal components of the MMC output. In this paper, we propose a method to design a multivariable controller, i.e., a static feedback gain, to regulate the MMC currents. We use a physics-informed transformation to model the MMC dynamics linearly and synthesise the proposed controller. We use this linear model to formulate a linear matrix inequality that computes a feedback gain that guarantees safe and effective operation, including (i) limited tracking error, (ii) stability, and (iii) meeting all constraints. To test the efficacy of our method, we examine its performance in a direct AC/AC MMC simulated in Simulink/PLECS and in a scaled-down AC/AC MMC prototype to investigate the ultra-fast charging of electric vehicles.
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