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A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F3: Power Electronics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 January 2023) | Viewed by 13101

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Dr. Baoling Guo

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School of Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO, Valais), 1950 Sion, Switzerland
Interests: power electronics system modelling and control; active disturbance rejection control; renewable energy integration; variable speed hydropower; DC railway electrical networks

Prof. Dr. Hebertt Sira Ramirez

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Electrical Engineering Department, Cinvestav-IPN, Mechatronics Section, Mexico City, Mexico
Interests: power electronics; sliding mode control; algebraic identification; Active Disturbance Rejection Control

Dr. Rafal Madonski

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Energy and Electricity Research Center, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Interests: active disturbance rejection control; robust and adaptive control design, analysis, and application; disturbance observers; electromobility

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Dear Colleagues,

We invite submissions to the Special Issue of Energies entitled “Active Disturbance Rejection Control in Power Electronics”. The objective of this Special Issue is to collect the latest ideas of effective control design, analysis, and applications of the active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) framework in the area of power electronics. Power-electronics-based systems are usually characterized by complex dynamics, stringent stability requirements, noise sensibility, fast-varying harmonic disturbances, etc. Therefore, obtaining the high-performance control of power electronics systems is a challenge in the context of traditional control methods. Although various advanced control strategies have been proposed to date to meet specific requirements (characteristic of the power electronics domain), the control performance still cannot be guaranteed in the presence of significant external disturbances and non-negligible uncertainties in the internal system dynamics.

ADRC, by combining the advantages of classic and modern control theories, has attracted considerable attention over the past 10 years. The ADRC framework is a general, disturbance-centric concept of exploring and solving control problems. This idea enables the creation of custom control solutions that can be tailored to a given control problem. The currently available body of work on ADRC proves its benefits in a variety of applications in the power electronics sector, such as DC/DC converters, AC/DC converters, electrical drives, microgrids, etc. This Special Issue expects high-quality submissions that use the methodology of ADRC to address specific applications and theoretical considerations regarding controls in power electronics. Furthermore, regarding the latest trend of finding an equivalence between classical control and the ADRC framework, as well as the reformulation of classic control concepts and tools in the language of ADRC, we encourage prospective authors to further develop and verify these ideas in the context of power electronics. Energies is delighted to invite prospective authors to submit original research papers covering innovations associated with active disturbance rejection control in power electronics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Advanced controls for grid-forming/grid-following power electronics converters in the presence of disturbances, unbalances, offsets, harmonics, etc.;
Advanced controls for DC/DC power electronics converters;
Advanced controls for high-performance electrical drive systems;
Advanced controls of multi-level or multi-stack power converters;
Advanced controls of AC, DC or hybrid AC/DC microgrids;
Power quality and harmonic controls;
Advanced solutions of phase-locked loops (PLLs);
Advanced control solutions for power-electronics-dominated power systems;
Integration of renewables (hydropower, wind power solar power, etc.) using advanced power electronics control schemes;
Advanced controls of power electronics system for battery storage, supercapacitors, fuel-cells, fly wheels, etc.;
Advanced controls of power electronics systems for intelligent charging (V1G) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G), vehicle to home (V2H) applications, etc.;
Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) testing of advanced power-electronics-based controllers;
Finding equivalence between ADRC and classic control concepts and tools.

Dr. Baoling Guo
Prof. Dr. Hebertt Sira Ramirez
Dr. Rafal Madonski
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Keywords

active disturbance rejection control (ADRC)
extended state observer (ESO)
state and disturbance observer
control system design
power electronics control
disturbances and uncertainties
stability and reliability
power quality
sensor noise suppression
AC or DC power electronic converters
multilevel power electronic converters
DC or AC microgrids
renewable energy integration
electric drive
electric vehicles
electrical energy conversion systems
hardware-in-the-loop testing
power hardware-in-the-loop testing

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19 pages, 3373 KiB

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Improved Active Disturbance Rejection Control (ADRC) with Extended State Filters

by Shangyao Shi, Zhiqiang Zeng, Chenbo Zhao, Luji Guo and Pengyun Chen

Energies 2022, 15(16), 5799; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15165799 - 10 Aug 2022

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To address time delay and noise problems in control systems, in this study, we integrated an extended state filter for signal filtering into an active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) system and derived an improved ADRC approach. In addition to the active anti-disturbance and active tracking estimation functions of the existing ADRC, the proposed approach also includes active filtering and active advance prediction functions, which can filter out the effect of measurement noise on system state observation while reducing the delay between the system control output and the detection of the sensor input. We verified through an evaluation in a simulation environment that the proposed approach may be expected to achieve improved control accuracy and increase the stability of closed-loop control systems. Full article

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ADRC-Based Habituating Control of Double-Heater Heat Source

by Pawel Nowak, Michal Fratczak, Patryk Grelewicz and Jacek Czeczot

Energies 2022, 15(14), 5241; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15145241 - 19 Jul 2022

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This paper deals with the proposition of improvement in the performance of a heat source by modification of its structure and by deriving a dedicated control system. Traditional heat sources consist of a single heater of high nominal power, but slow dynamics, that is regulated by a single closed loop control system. In this paper, an existing heater serially-connected with a supplemental heater with low nominal power but fast dynamics is proposed. A dedicated control system was derived with two active disturbance rejection controllers (ADRC) implemented in the habituating control structure. The proposed solution was validated using a virtual commissioning procedure where the heating system was simulated in the SIEMENS^® Simit v10.3 industrial software, and ADRC controllers were implemented in SIEMENS^® PLCSIM Advanced using dedicated library function blocks. The results showed the superiority of the proposed approach in comparison with the traditional single closed loop solution. The proposed dedicated habituating control system provided better robustness to the changes in dynamics of a heat source and to the measurement noise. At the same time, it will ensure lower (or in some cases comparable) values of popular closed loop performance indices. Full article

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A Cooperative ADRC-Based Approach for Angular Velocity Synchronization and Load-Sharing in Servomechanisms

by W. Fermin Guerrero-Sánchez, Jésus Linares-Flores, Arturo Hernández-Méndez, Victor R. Gonzalez-Diaz, Gerardo Mino Aguilar, German A. Munoz-Hernandez and J. Fermi Guerrero-Castellanos

Energies 2022, 15(14), 5121; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15145121 - 14 Jul 2022

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This paper is concerned with designing a dynamical synchronization (via a robust cooperative control) of an electromechanical system network (EMSN), consisting of nonidentical brushed DC motors, where only the motors’ angular velocity measurements are available. The challenge of the proposed approach is that the actuation provided by the motor needs to handle external disturbances to achieve the velocity tracking task and handle the interaction between both motors cooperatively to share the load and the disturbance rejection. The control’s basis involves differential flatness and an active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) framework augmented using ideas from the graph theory analysis and multi-agent networks. Experimental results verify the theoretical developments and show the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy despite unexpectedly changing load disturbance and parameters uncertainties. The proposed algorithm is suitable for embedded use due to its simplicity. It can be applied to a broad spectrum of mechatronic systems where dual-motor drive arrangements are necessary. Full article

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Novel Adaptive Extended State Observer for Dynamic Parameter Identification with Asymptotic Convergence

by Radosław Patelski and Dariusz Pazderski

Energies 2022, 15(10), 3602; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15103602 - 14 May 2022

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In this paper, a novel method of parameter identification of linear in parameter dynamic systems is presented. The proposed scheme employs an Extended State Observer to online estimate a state of the plant and momentary value of total disturbance present in the system. A notion is made that for properly redefined dynamics of the system, this estimate can be interpreted as a measure of modeling error caused by the parameter uncertainty. Under this notion, a disturbance estimate is used as a basis for classic gradient identification. A global convergence of both state and parameter estimates to their true values is proved using the Lyapunov approach under an assumption of a persistent excitation. Finally, results of simulation and experiments are presented to support the theoretical analysis. The experiments were conducted using a compliant manipulator joint and obtained results show the usefulness of the proposed method in drive control systems and robotics. Full article

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Single Current Feedback Control Strategy of an LCL Grid-Connected Inverter Based on GI-ESO and Delay Compensation

by Danyun Li and Dashuang Zhao

Energies 2022, 15(8), 2893; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15082893 - 14 Apr 2022

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This paper presents a new control structure to improve the performance of LCL grid-connected inverters. First, the conventional linear extended state observer (LESO) has difficulty rejecting periodic disturbances, so the proposed method adds an internal model of disturbances into LESO to enhance the harmonic suppression ability. Second, the phase lag caused by the digital delay and LCL resonance make it difficult to ensure the stability of the system. In this paper, the proposed method adds phase compensation for the ESO loop, thus enlarging the stability region of the system with no additional sensors being required. Third, the design of the controller parameters is simplified and the frequency performance analysis of the system is given. Finally, the simulation and experimental results show that the proposed method has good harmonic suppression capability and robust stability. Full article

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Static-Errorless Rotor Position Estimation Method Based on Linear Extended State Observer for IPMSM Sensorless Drives

by Feng Jiang, Fan Yang, Songjun Sun and Kai Yang

Energies 2022, 15(5), 1943; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15051943 - 7 Mar 2022

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This article presents a static-errorless rotor position estimation method based on the linear extended state observer (LESO) for interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) drives. Two second-order LESOs are utilized to estimate the α-β axis back-EMFs. A third-order LESO is incorporated into the quadrature phase-locked loop (QPLL) to achieve a high robustness of position tracking against external disturbance. In addition, considering that the nonideal back-EMF will bring DC and harmonic fluctuation errors to the estimated position, an enhanced LESO-based QPLL with static-errorless rotor position estimation is proposed. On the one hand, the DC position esti mation error caused by the phase lag of the back-EMF estimator is analyzed and compensated. On the other hand, to suppress the position harmonic fluctuations induced from the nonsinusoidal back-EMFs, a second-order generalize integrator (SOGI) is embedded in the feedforward path of the LESO-based QPLL. The experimental results on the 1.0 kW IPMSM drive platform show that, compared to the conventional method, the proposed method can achieve better position estimation performance both in steady-state operation and in transient-state operation. Full article

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Improved Linear Active Disturbance Rejection Control for IPMSM Drives Considering Load Inertia Mismatch

by Feng Jiang, Fan Yang, Songjun Sun and Kai Yang

Energies 2022, 15(3), 1169; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15031169 - 5 Feb 2022

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This article presents an improved linear active disturbance rejection control (LADRC) method for interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) drives. The proposed method adopts a dual LADRC structure. The outer LADRC-based speed regulator adopts position feedback instead of speed feedback so that the low-pass filter for speed calculation can be eliminated. The inner LADRC-based current regulator incorporates a maximum torque per ampere (MTPA) operation scheme to improve the torque output capacity and the efficiency of the motor. In addition, considering the variation of load inertia in real applications, a systematic modelling and analysis on the effect of inertia mismatch is presented. To enhance the robustness of the drive system to inertia mismatch, an inertia identification method is proposed, in which the inertia information is extracted from the estimated disturbance of speed loop LESO. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified on a 1.0-kW IPMSM drive platform. Full article

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