Distributed Active Resonance Suppression in Hybrid DC Power Systems Under Unbalanced Load Conditions

Overview & Synopsis

Power-electronics-based hybrid dc power systems (HDCPSs) are increasingly used in many industrial applications such as land, sea, and air vehicles. In these systems, small dc-link and LC filter capacitors are of great interest for weight saving. Usually, in HDCPSs, there are constant power loads and negative dynamic impedance of these loads may generate unstable oscillations. Besides, the risk of resonance may be increased under unbalanced load conditions. In this paper, a distributed active oscillation suppression approach is presented. It is based on the analytical study of the linearized model of the studied system around the operating point. The studied system consists of one main dc source and one storage element supplying two loads: a permanent magnet synchronous motor connected to the dc link by a voltage source inverter and a resistive load supplied by a dc/dc converter through the same dc bus. The proposed approach is particularly used to overcome the resonance under unbalanced load conditions and allows reducing dc link and LC filter capacitors for weight saving. Simulations and experimentations are carried out which confirm the validity of the proposed approach.