Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION
Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages 892-904Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TTE.2020.3027184
Keywords
Voltage control; Power system stability; Marine vehicles; Hybrid power systems; Batteries; Predictive control; Transportation; Batteries; hybrid electric ships; model predictive control (MPC); onboard dc power system
Funding
- Research Council of Norway
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The article addresses the stability issue of hybrid dc power systems on ships and proposes a predictive control approach to enhance voltage regulation and optimize converter usage. The control strategy is compared with conventional controllers using both simulation and laboratory experimental data, showing significant advantages in terms of fast and stable control performance and steady-state voltage regulation.
Although onboard dc power systems bring values for the power and propulsion system of the future hybrid ships, the main barrier for the development of such systems for large-scale vessels is the technical operational issues, such as stability and power quality and how to satisfy the related standards and regulations. In the advanced ship power systems, the conventional diode rectifiers are being replaced with active front-end (AFE) rectifiers providing the control flexibility but at a higher cost. However, to make such devices more profitable, the ship control system can be reconfigured to unlock the potentials of AFEs for the general system stability. This article is dealing with the stability issue of hybrid dc power systems proposing a predictive control approach to improve the voltage regulation and better use of converters. The proposed method replaces the conventional direct power control (DPC) of AFE rectifiers with a model predictive control (MPC) and integrates the dc-dc converters in the same control platform. In this method, optimal control commands for the rectifiers and the dc-dc converter are calculated by the predictive control to minimize the dc bus voltage fluctuations, especially under the fast load changes. The controller is then extended to regulate the load sharing between the different energy units. The effectiveness of the proposed method is evaluated in simulation with a typical shipload profile, as well as a real ship profile, which has several operating modes, such as steep load increase & decrease, high speed, and maneuvering operation. The performance of the proposed control strategy is compared with conventional controllers, and the results show that the new method can provide significant advantages in terms of fast and stable control performance, as well as the steady-state voltage regulation and enhancing the power smoothing function of the battery. Laboratory experimental data are also used for validation.
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