Vector Control of a Grid-connected Rectifier/Inverter Using an Artificial Neural Network

Abstract

Three-phase grid-connected converters are widely used in renewable and electric power system applications. Traditionally, grid-connected converters are controlled with standard decoupled d-q vector control mechanisms. However, recent studies indicate that such mechanisms show limitations. This paper investigates how to mitigate such problems using a neural network to control a grid-connected rectifier/inverter. The neural network implements a dynamic programming (DP) algorithm and is trained using backpropagation through time. The performance of the DP-based neural controller is studied for typical vector control conditions and compared with conventional vector control methods. The paper also investigates how varying grid and power converter system parameters may affect the performance and stability of the neural control system. Future research issues regarding the control of grid-connected converters using DP-based neural networks are analyzed.

Meeting Name

2012 Annual International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN '12/ 2012 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2012 (2012: Jun. 10-15, Brisbane, Australia)

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-1467314909

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2012 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2012

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