Active Power Decoupling Control for PWM Converter Considering Sensor Failures

The power converters integrated with active power decoupling (APD) may handle the ripple power in dc link and then reduce the volume of the filter capacitor dramatically. Generally, voltage and current signals of the LC branch are required for the closed-loop APD control. However, sensor failures could degrade the control performance and even lead to the breakdown of the converter system. This article proposes a detection method for sensor failures in the APD circuit of the single-phase converter. The voltage and current of the LC branch in the APD circuit are estimated by a dual sliding mode observer (SMO). The residuals of the estimated and measured signals are calculated, and they have high sensitivity to specific sensor faults, namely, the current residual is sensitive to the fault of the current sensor and the voltage residual is sensitive to the fault of the voltage sensor, which could be employed to locate the faulty sensors. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by the simulation and experimental results.

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This article proposes a detection method for sensor failures in the active power decoupling (APD) circuit of the single-phase converter. The voltage and current of the LC branch in the APD circuit are estimated by a dual sliding mode observer (SMO), and the residuals of the estimated and measured signals are calculated. These residuals have high sensitivity to specific sensor faults and can be used to locate the faulty sensors.