Park vector based sliding mode control of UPS with unbalanced and nonlinear load (Q4938981)

The main contribution of this paper is a new Park vector based variable structure control method, in which an inverter is treated as a variable structure multi-input multi-output system. The design of a sliding mode controller is implemented via two steps: Designing a new complex (Park vector based) sliding surface, and then designing a switching control law to hold the system trajectory on the sliding surface. The distance of the system state from the complex sliding surface is measured by a complex vector. The inverter is switched in such a way that the system trajectory gets as closer to the sliding surface as possible, i.e., the length of the complex distance vector should be decreased. Two switching strategies are compared: 1) The sliding mode exists only in the intersection of the switching surfaces; 2) A stable sliding mode may exist on any of the switching surfaces independently. A modified definition of the Park vector is introduced to handle the effect of a zero phase-sequence component caused by an asymmetrical load. Experimental results of a 100KVA inverter are presented. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0922.00035].