Design and Control Method to Suppress Resonance Circulating Current for Parallel Three-Level Rectifiers With Modified LCL Filter

Abstract

The high-frequency zero-sequence circulating current (HFZSCC) is generated when the carrier phases are different in a parallel rectifiers system. Therefore, a modified <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">LCL</i> filter is adopted to suppress the HFZSCC. Nevertheless, the internal common mode resonance current (ICMRC) and external zero-sequence resonance circulating current (EZSRCC) are produced, which causes system instability unavoidably. Since these two issues are coupled with each other, the conventional resonance currents control methods reported so far cannot address them properly simultaneously. To suppress ICMRC and EZSRCC, a detailed model analysis of internal common mode current and zero-sequence circulating current (ZSCC) are presented, which reveal the ICMRC and EZSRCC are related to capacitor-side ZSCC (CSZSCC). Then, based on the model, in this article, the controller of CSZSCC is presented to suppress ICMRC and EZSRCC. Additionally, a closed-loop controller is designed to reject disturbances of low-frequency zero-sequence circulating current (LFZSCC). It is realized by adjusting the duty cycle of the small vectors in each pulsewidth modulation sampling period. As a result, HFZSCC, ICMRC, EZSRCC, and LFZSCC are mitigated with the proposed scheme, thus, improving the quality of the input currents. Simulation and experimental results verify the effectiveness of proposed method.