Real-Time Fault Detection to Ensure the Safe Operation of the Single-Phase Five-Level VIENNA Rectifier

This work aims to explore and evaluate the nonreversible AC/DC five-level structure from the point of view of its operational safety: high electrical security on internal destruction and continuity in operation. It only has low-voltage monotransistor cells (Si and SiC 600 V max) and is intrinsically tolerant to imperfection control and parasites, therefore naturally secure. The design and lab-test of fault monitoring and fault diagnosis with just one voltage sensor of a single-phase five-level VIENNA rectifier were proposed. This real-time diagnostic method allows for a safe stop or corrective control strategy based on the reconfiguration of the modulation. The reconstruction strategy allows for optimization of the current and voltage signals as well as power factor. A continuous post-fault operation can be achieved for critical applications. An experimental prototype 3 kW/230 VAC/800 VDC/32 kHz was created to validate the proposed fault diagnosis method and reconfiguration control method.

Modelling and analysis of vienna rectifier for more electric aircraft applications using wide band-gap materials

This paper presents a comprehensive study on the switching effects of wide bandgap devices and the importance of power electronics in an aircraft application. Silicon (Si), silicon carbide (SiC), and gallium nitride (GaN) are wide bandgap devices that act as a power electronic switch in the AC-DC converter for More Electric Aircraft (MEA) applications. Therefore, it is important to observe their converting efficiency to identify the most suitable wide bandgap device among three devices for AC-DC converters in aircraft applications to provide high efficiency and high-power density. In this study, the characteristics of Si, SIC, and GaN devices are simulated using PSIM software. Also, this paper presents the performance of the Vienna rectifier for aircraft application. The Vienna rectifier using Si, SiC, and GaN devices are simulated using PSIM software for aircraft application. GaN with Vienna rectifier provides better performance than Si and SiC devices for aircraft applications among the three devices. It gives high efficiency, high power density, low input current THD to meet IEEE-519 standard, and high-power factor at mains.

Research on control strategy of VIENNA rectifier based on electric vehicle DC charging module

Because the VIENNA rectifier has fewer switching devices, a high power factor and no need to set dead zone time, the front rectifier of the DC charging module of ev mostly uses VIENNA circuit. However, the DC charging module has higher requirements on the dynamic response capability and stability of the VIENNA rectifier system. The traditional PI double closed loop control strategy has poor dynamic response capability. For this reason, a hybrid control strategy of PI control for current loop and sliding mode control for voltage loop is used to control the VIENNA rectifier to improve the dynamic response and stability of the system. Finally, through the simulation of the rectifier circuit, and the comparison of the simulation results, it can be proved that the dynamic response ability and stability of the hybrid control strategy is relatively good. Finally, a simulation model of VIENNA rectifier is built, and the hybrid control strategy is proved to have good dynamic performance and stability by comparison.