Transient Mitigation Using an Auxiliary Circuit in Cascaded DC-DC Converter Systems with Virtual Impedance Control

Zhenyu Shan, Shengwen Fan, Xiaotong Liu, Xiaofeng Ding*, Zhen Li

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Abstract

Most dc power distribution architectures are organized as a typical cascaded converter system that is composed of source and load converters, and may experience a system oscillation due to the negative impedance effect of constant power loads. The load-side virtual impedance method is a possible solution to such stability problem, which however makes the dynamic response of the load converter slow, and thus increases the requirement of the filter capacitance. In this article, an auxiliary circuit that is connected to the output port of the load converter is proposed to enhance the transient performance of the power converter system, while the system can be stabilized by the virtual impedance method. The control and parameter design of the proposed auxiliary circuit is introduced. The capacitance requirement of the system for an expected transient deviation of the output voltage is significantly reduced by using the proposed auxiliary circuit. An example design is given to verify the feasibility of the proposed method with simulation analysis and experimental results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4652-4664
Number of pages13
JournalIEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Volume69
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2022

Keywords

  • Cascaded dc-dc converter system
  • load transient mitigation
  • minor-loop gain
  • virtual impedance control

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