Model Predictive Direct Power Control of Three-Port Solid-State Transformer for Hybrid AC/DC Zonal Microgrid Applications

Multi-port solid-state transformer (SST) characterized by high scalability is expected to be widely used in AC/DC hybrid microgrid. However, the DC bus voltage deviation and dynamic response speed are two key issues in its application. Therefore, a model predictive direct power control (MPDPC) of the three-port SST (TPSST) is proposed. Compared with the traditional PI-based method, the oscillation of the DC bus voltage is inhibited, and the steady-state performance is improved with the MPDPC method. Moreover, a direct power path is incorporated into the control system in order to integrate the rectifier and dual active bridge (DAB) stage. This power path delivers the power required by the load to the DAB stage and the rectifier stage for power control, thereby improving the dynamic response of the system in the process. Besides, since the MPDPC strategy is a control scheme for the whole system, the design of the control system is simplified. Finally, a low power prototype has been built and tested, and the experimental comparison with the traditional voltage control (TVC) and model predictive voltage control (MPVC) method verifies the efficiency improvement of the proposed control strategy.