Background
In recent years, high-frequency isolated bidirectional direct current converters are gradually becoming research hotspots in the field of power electronics due to large-scale application of the high-frequency isolated bidirectional direct current converters in new energy power generation systems, energy internet grid-connected applications and energy storage systems. Among such converters, a dual active bridge DC-DC converter (DAB) has attracted much attention in various fields because of its advantages such as electrical isolation, bidirectional energy transfer, buck-boost conversion, and high power density.
Compared with the traditional equipment, the high-power electronic converter based on the semiconductor switching device is more easily influenced by abnormal working conditions, and the reliability and the robustness of the high-power electronic converter are reduced. In DAB, short-circuit faults, open-circuit faults and corresponding driver circuit faults of the IGBT account for 46% of all abnormal operating conditions. Wherein short-circuit faults are often handled in a shutdown manner due to large overcurrents. Unlike short circuit faults, when a single IGBT open circuit fault occurs, DAB can maintain certain power transmission capability in a fault state because the equipment overcurrent and overvoltage is not obvious at the moment.
Through a fault-tolerant operation scheme in a certain mode, the reliability, robustness and equipment utilization rate of DAB can be effectively improved, and the method has important significance for different applications of equipment. At present, there are two fault-tolerant operation schemes for the open circuit fault of the IGBT in DAB:
(1) redundant design of the used devices of DAB; (2) DAB itself fault-tolerant operation control method.
Method (1) while improving the reliability and robustness of the system, requires additional investment while reducing the power density of the power electronic transformer. The method (2) introduces extra control freedom by adjusting the DAB switch signal, and realizes fault-tolerant operation without using extra redundant equipment. However, the fault-tolerant operation control method only considers an ideal transformer model, and in the ideal transformer, because parasitic resistance is ignored, magnetic fluxes generated by primary and secondary direct current exciting currents caused by faults can be mutually offset in a high-frequency transformer; in the actual transformer model, due to the existence of the parasitic resistance of the transformer, the direct current bias current caused by the fault is gradually consumed at the non-fault side of the DAB, so that the primary and secondary magnetic fluxes are unbalanced, and the high-frequency transformer core is saturated. In addition, the DAB fault-tolerant operation control scheme proposed by the scholars only considers unidirectional power transmission, and when the power is transmitted reversely in a fault state, the proposed method cannot realize fault-tolerant operation.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the problems in the prior art, the invention provides an isolated direct current converter and a fault-tolerant control method, which maintain the bidirectional power transfer capability of DAB in the state of IGBT open circuit fault and improve the availability of DAB; meanwhile, direct current bias current compensation can be realized, so that the saturation of the high-frequency transformer is avoided.
In order to solve the technical problems, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:
the invention provides an isolated DC converter, which comprises: a high frequency transformer and bridge structures on both sides thereof; wherein the content of the first and second substances,
one side bridge structure is an inversion side, and the other side bridge structure is a rectification side;
when the inversion side has a fault, the rectification side injects a first preset compensation direct current;
when the rectifying side has a fault, the inverting side injects a second preset compensation direct current.
Preferably, the primary and secondary side currents of the inversion side are i1The primary and secondary side current of the rectifying side is i2(ii) a Wherein the content of the first and second substances,
when the inverter side fails, i1Not exceeding rated current value i1ratedThen, the phase shifting angle keeps the original parameter value; otherwise the phase shift angle is decreased to achieve reduced power operation;
when the rectifying side fails, i2Not exceeding rated current value i2ratedThen, the phase shifting angle keeps the original parameter value; otherwise the phase shift angle is decreased to achieve reduced power operation.
Preferably, the phase shift angle reduction to achieve power down operation is further: the phase shift angle is reduced to half of the original parameter value to realize reduced power operation.
Preferably, the front end voltage of the isolated dc converter is U1The back end voltage is U2;
The bridge structure positioned at the front end of the isolated DC converter is an inversion side, and the bridge structure positioned at the rear end of the isolated DC converter is a rectification side;
when T on the inverting sideiWhen an open-circuit fault occurs, the first preset compensation direct current IDC2Comprises the following steps:
when T of the rectifying sidejWhen an open-circuit fault occurs, the second preset compensation direct current IDC1Comprises the following steps:
wherein n is the primary and secondary side turn ratio of the high-frequency transformer,
is i
1The current of the direct current bias is used,
is i
2A direct current bias current.
Preferably, the bridge structures on both sides are double-sided active H-bridges, or double-sided midpoint clamped active bridges, or one-side midpoint clamped active bridge and the other-side active H-bridge.
The invention also provides a fault tolerance control method for the isolated DC converter, which comprises the following steps:
s61: positioning the fault according to the fault characteristics, and judging whether the fault occurs on the inversion side or the rectification side;
s62: when a fault occurs on the inversion side, injecting a first preset compensation direct current on the rectification side;
and when the fault occurs on the rectifying side, injecting a second preset compensation direct current on the inverting side.
Preferably, the S62 further includes:
s71: when a fault occurs on the inversion side, the primary and secondary side current i1 of the inversion side does not exceed the rated current value i1ratedThen, the phase shifting angle keeps the original parameter value; otherwise, reducing the phase shifting angle to realize reduced power operation;
when a fault occurs on the rectifying side, the primary side current i2 and the secondary side current i2 on the rectifying side do not exceed the rated current value i2ratedThen, the phase shifting angle keeps the original parameter value; otherwise, the phase shift angle is reduced to achieve reduced power operation.
Preferably, the reducing the phase shift angle to achieve the power reduction operation in S71 is further: and reducing the phase shifting angle to half of the original parameter value to realize reduced power operation.
Preferably, the front end voltage of the isolated dc converter is U1The back end voltage is U2;
The bridge structure positioned at the front end of the isolated DC converter is an inversion side, and the bridge structure positioned at the rear end of the isolated DC converter is a rectification side;
when T on the inverting sideiWhen an open-circuit fault occurs, the first preset compensation direct current IDC2Comprises the following steps:
when T of the rectifying sidejWhen an open-circuit fault occurs, the second preset compensation direct current IDC1Comprises the following steps:
wherein n is the primary and secondary side turn ratio of the high-frequency transformer,
is a dc bias current of i1,
is i2 dc bias current.
Preferably, the bridge structures on both sides of the isolated dc converter are double-sided active H-bridges, or double-sided midpoint clamped active bridges, or one-side midpoint clamped active bridge and the other-side active H-bridge.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages:
(1) according to the isolated direct current converter and the fault-tolerant control method, the compensation direct current is injected into the non-fault side, so that two magnetic fluxes caused by the direct current bias current can be mutually offset, and the magnetic core of the high-frequency transformer is prevented from being saturated;
(2) the isolated DC converter and the fault-tolerant control method provided by the invention ensure the bidirectional power transfer capability of the system which always operates in a rated current range in a fault state by changing the phase shift angle of the DAB converter, and maintain the maximum equipment availability of the DAB.
Of course, it is not necessary for any product in which the invention is practiced to achieve all of the above-described advantages at the same time.
Detailed Description
The following examples are given for the detailed implementation and specific operation of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following examples.
In one embodiment, the topology of the isolated dc converter (DAB) can be a double-sided active H-bridge (fig. 1a), a double-sided midpoint clamped active bridge (fig. 1b), or a one-sided midpoint clamped active bridge and the other-sided active H-bridge (fig. 1 c). Taking a double-sided active H-bridge as an example, the DC-DC converter comprises eight IGBT switches, four IGBTs per side, as shown in fig. 1 a. The inverting side includes T1-T4Wherein T is1And T4Using the same switching signal, T2And T3The same switching signal is used. The rectification side IGBT comprises T5-T8Wherein T is5And T8Using the same switching signal, T6And T7The same switching signal is used. D1-D8And the reverse freewheeling diodes are respectively correspondingly numbered IGBTs. Open circuit faults can be classified into two categories according to position, 1) inversion side; 2) rectifying the flow. When a single IGBT open-circuit fault occurs on either side, a branch bias current is generated simultaneously on both sides at the moment of the fault. The generated magnetic fluxes are mutually offset in the high-frequency transformer, so that the direct-current magnetic biasing phenomenon cannot be generated, and the magnetic core of the high-frequency transformer is not saturated at the moment. However, due to the parasitic resistance, the non-fault side dc bias current is gradually consumed, and the generated magnetic flux cannot completely compensate the magnetic flux generated by the fault side dc bias current, resulting in saturation of the high frequency transformer core.
In order to solve the problems, the specific analysis process of the open-circuit fault of the IGBT of the DAB comprises the following steps,
under normal working conditions, the magnetic fluxes generated by the primary side and the secondary side of the high-frequency transformer in the DAB are respectively as follows:
wherein the leakage inductances of the primary and secondary sides are respectively L1And L2,LMFor transformer mutual inductance, i1And i2Is primary and secondary side current of high frequency transformer, N1And N2Respectively showing the turns of the primary side and the secondary side of the high-frequency transformer.
Under normal working conditions, the peak power of the inversion side is,
under normal working conditions, the peak current of the inversion side is,
wherein, U1And U2Respectively the front and rear end voltages of DAB, n is the turn ratio of the primary side and the secondary side of the high-frequency transformer, fsFor switching frequency of DAB, LrThe sum of the leakage inductances converted from the primary side to the secondary side of the transformer.
The corresponding voltage and current waveforms of DAB under normal operating condition can be divided into six switch states as shown in fig. 2. The current flow paths corresponding to the respective switch states are shown in the following table,
due to the symmetrical circuit structure of the active bridge in the DAB, open-circuit faults can be divided into four categories:
1) inverter side H1 bridge T1(T4) Open circuit failure; 2) inverter side H1 bridge T2(T3) Open circuit failure; 3) rectifying side H2 bridge T5(T8) Open circuit failure; 4) rectifying side H2 bridge T6(T7) Open circuit failure.
The inverter-side faults have similar fault characteristics. In the case of fault 1), with T1Open circuit failure, as an example, i1Forward directionCan not flow through T1Switches but via D2And then follow current. At this time, the primary side voltage of the high-frequency transformer is zero. And in the reverse direction, i1And power is still transmitted according to a path under a normal working condition, so that negative direct current bias current on a fault side is caused. In addition, the direct current bias current is introduced to the rectification side through single phase shift modulation control, so that corresponding negative direct current bias current is generated. This dc bias will be gradually dissipated to zero by the parasitic resistance of the secondary side of the high frequency transformer, at which point the DAB-converter enters a new steady state. The primary and secondary magnetic fluxes in the formula (1) become
In the formula i1acAnd i2acAre respectively i1And i2Of the ac component. I isbiasT1Is i1A dc bias component of (1). This unbalanced flux will cause the high frequency transformer core to saturate. Meanwhile, in this fault state, the corresponding i1The peak current and the dc bias current are respectively:
wherein D is the phase shift angle of the original secondary side, and k is U1And nU2The ratio of (2) is used to define the primary and secondary voltage matching degree. When the primary and secondary side voltages are completely matched, k is 1. New steady state after fault, i1The peak current becomes 2 times of the normal working condition, and the safety of other non-fault components on the inversion side is threatened. DAB at T1The corresponding voltage, current and power waveforms at open circuit fault are shown in fig. 3. The current flow paths in the respective switching states are shown in the following table.
In the same way, when T4The same results can be obtained when an open circuit fault occurs.
Similarly, when T is2Or T3When open-circuit fault occurs, the fault is in i1Introducing forward DC bias current, other fault characteristics and T1The open circuit fault characteristics are consistent.
When the IGBT open-circuit fault occurs on the rectification side, T is used5Open circuit failure, as an example, i2Reverse direction can not flow through T5Switches but via D6And then follow current. At this time, the secondary side voltage of the high-frequency transformer is zero. While in the forward direction, i2And power is still transmitted according to a path under a normal working condition, so that negative direct current bias current on a fault side is caused. In addition, the direct current bias current can also be introduced to the inversion side through single phase shift modulation control, so that corresponding negative direct current bias current is caused. The dc bias will be gradually consumed to zero by the parasitic resistance of the primary side of the high frequency transformer, at which time the DAB converter enters a new steady state. The primary and secondary magnetic fluxes in the formula (1) become
In the formula i1acAnd i2ac are each i1And i2Of the ac component. I isbiasT5Is i2A dc bias component of (1). This unbalanced flux will cause the high frequency transformer to magnetically saturate. Meanwhile, in this fault state, the corresponding i2The peak current and the dc bias current are respectively:
new steady state after fault, i1The peak current becomes 2 times of the normal working condition, and the safety of other non-fault components on the inversion side is threatened.
DAB at T5The corresponding voltage, current and power waveforms at open circuit fault are shown in fig. 4. The current flow paths in the respective switching states are shown in the following table.
When T is8The same results can be obtained when an open circuit fault occurs.
Similarly, when T is6Or T7When open-circuit fault occurs, the fault is in i2Introducing forward DC bias current, other fault characteristics and T5The open circuit fault characteristics are consistent.
Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a fault-tolerant control method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 6 is a control block diagram of the fault-tolerant control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In this embodiment, in order to compensate for the dc bias current caused by the IGBT open-circuit fault, the proposed fault-tolerant operation control scheme needs to collect the dc bias current on the fault side, and inject the preset compensation dc current on the non-fault side in a closed-loop control manner, so as to ensure that the magnetic flux in the isolation transformer has no dc component. Preferably, in order to ensure that the power device and the transformer operate within the rated current stress range, the actual current i of the primary side and the secondary side of the high-frequency transformer is acquired in real time1And i2To rated current i1ratedAnd i2ratedAnd determining whether the original secondary side phase shift angle of the DAB needs to be adjusted or not.
In the preferred embodiment, when the double-active-bridge DC-DC converter has an IGBT open-circuit fault on the inversion side, after the fault diagnosis and positioning process, the straight line of the inversion side after the phase shift angle D is changed is extractedFlowing a bias current I'biasT1Calculating the compensation DC current I to be injected at the rectifying sideDC2,
When open-circuit fault occurs at T1Or T4When the switch is switched on or off,
if i1<i1ratedThe phase shift angle D does not need to be changed, and only the compensating direct current needs to be injected into i2In the method, the magnetic fluxes generated by the direct current in the primary side and the secondary side of the compensated high-frequency transformer are respectively as follows:
in the formula (11), after compensation, the magnetic fluxes generated by the dc bias currents on the two sides can be cancelled out, thereby preventing the magnetic core of the high-frequency transformer from being saturated.
If i1>i1ratedThe phase shift angle D is reduced to half of the initial value, and the required compensation direct current is injected into the i2The same compensation result can be obtained, and the saturation of the high-frequency transformer magnetic core and the overcurrent of system elements are avoided.
Similarly, when an open-circuit fault occurs at T2Or T3When switching, firstly according to i1And i1ratedMagnitude, determining if the phase shift angle needs to be changed, and then injecting a reverse compensating DC current into i according to (10)2The same compensation result can be obtained, and the saturation of the high-frequency transformer magnetic core and the overcurrent of system elements are avoided.
Further, when the double-active-bridge DC-DC converter has an IGBT open-circuit fault on the rectifying side, after fault diagnosis and positioning processes, extracting the direct current bias current I 'of the rectifying side after the phase shift angle D is changed'biasT5Calculating the compensation DC current I to be injected at the inversion sideDC1,
When open-circuit fault occurs at T5Or T8When the switch is switched on or off,
if i2<i2ratedThe phase shift angle D does not need to be changed, and only the compensating direct current needs to be injected into i1In the middle, the magnetic fluxes generated by the DC current in the primary side and the secondary side of the compensated high-frequency transformer are respectively,
in the formula (13), the magnetic fluxes generated by the dc bias current on both sides can be cancelled out, thereby preventing the magnetic core of the high-frequency transformer from being saturated.
If i2>i2ratedThe phase shift angle D is reduced to half of the initial value, and a compensating direct current is injected into the phase shift angle I1The same compensation result can be obtained, and the saturation of the high-frequency transformer magnetic core and the overcurrent of system elements are avoided.
Similarly, when an open-circuit fault occurs at T6Or T7When switching, firstly according to i2And i2ratedMagnitude, determining if the phase shift angle needs to be changed, and then injecting a compensating DC current into i according to (12)1The same compensation result can be obtained, and the saturation of the high-frequency transformer magnetic core and the overcurrent of system elements are avoided.
Next, MATLAB/Simulink software is adopted to carry out simulation verification on the control strategy, and an inversion side U1And a rectification side U2A40V direct current voltage source is connected, and the parameters are shown in the following table.
Parameter(s)
|
Numerical value
|
Capacity of the device
|
430W
|
DC voltage U at inverter side1 |
40V
|
DC voltage U at rectifying side2 |
40V
|
High-frequency transformer turn ratio n
|
1:1
|
Leakage inductance L of high-frequency transformerr |
77.54μH
|
Rectifying side DC capacitor CL |
10mF |
The simulation process is as follows:
when T is 0s, starting the DAB converter, and adopting a traditional single phase-shift modulation control strategy;
when T is 0.1s, the DAB converter reaches a steady-state operation working state, and the phase shift angle D is 0.212;
scene 1 (inversion side T)1Open circuit fault):
when T is 0.2s, T is activated1A failure;
when T is 1.401s, the fault-tolerant operation control of the inverter side is put into operation;
when T is 2.75s, the simulation ends.
The simulation results are shown in fig. 7 and 8.
Scene 2 (rectifying side T)5Open circuit fault):
when T is 0.2s, T is activated5A failure;
when T is 1.401s, switching into the fault-tolerant operation control of the rectification side;
when T is 2.75s, the simulation ends.
The simulation results are shown in fig. 9 and 10.
FIG. 7 is a graph of the high frequency transformer field current at inverter side fault, as seen at T, in one embodiment1In the open fault condition (after 0.2 s), the excitation current in the embodiment is dc biased. After an inverter-side fault-tolerant operation control strategy is put into operation, the direct current bias in the exciting current is eliminated, and the magnetic saturation of the high-frequency transformer is avoided;
FIG. 8a shows an embodiment of an inverter side T1According to the curve of alternating current voltage at the rectifying side and alternating current at the primary side and the secondary side under the fault, after the fault occurs and the fault-tolerant operation control condition of the inversion side is not started, the peak value of the alternating current at the fault side is increased to 2 times under the normal working condition, after the fault-tolerant operation control at the inversion side is started in 1.401s, by reducing half phase shift angle and injecting compensation direct current at the non-fault side, magnetic fluxes generated by direct currents at two sides are mutually offset, the saturation of a magnetic core of a high-frequency transformer is avoided, the peak value of the alternating current at the fault side can be controlled within a rated range, and the safety of devices at the fault side is;
FIG. 8b shows an embodiment of the inverter side T1Under the fault, the AC voltage at the rectifying side and the AC current at the primary side and the secondary side are expanded to form a curve under the normal state, and the current at the primary side and the secondary side has no DC component;
FIG. 8c shows an embodiment of an inverter side T1Under the fault, the alternating voltage at the rectifying side and the alternating current at the primary side and the secondary side are expanded to form curves under the fault state (a fault-tolerant operation control scheme is not started), the alternating current at the fault side is subjected to direct current bias, the peak value of the alternating current is increased to 2 times under the normal working condition, and the alternating current at the non-fault side is unchanged and conforms to the theory;
FIG. 8d shows an embodiment of the inverter side T1The curve is developed under the fault state of alternating voltage at the rectifying side and alternating current at the primary side and the secondary side under the fault (starting fault-tolerant operation control scheme), so that the magnetic fluxes generated by the direct currents at the two sides are mutually offset by reducing half phase shift angle and injecting compensation direct current at the non-fault side, and the high-frequency transformation is avoidedThe transformer core is saturated, consistent with theory.
FIG. 9 shows an embodiment of a rectifying side T5The exciting current curve of the fault high-frequency transformer can be seen in T5In the open fault condition (after 0.2 s), the excitation current in the embodiment is dc biased. After a fault-tolerant operation control strategy at the rectifying side is put into operation, the direct current bias in the exciting current is eliminated, and the magnetic saturation of the high-frequency transformer is avoided.
FIG. 10a shows an embodiment of a rectifying side T5According to the curve of the alternating current at the inverse side and the alternating current at the primary side and the secondary side under the fault, after the fault occurs and the fault-tolerant operation control condition at the rectification side is not started, the peak value of the alternating current at the fault side is increased to 2 times under the normal working condition, after the fault-tolerant operation control at the inverse side is started at 1.401s, the magnetic fluxes generated by the direct currents at the two sides are mutually offset by reducing half phase shift angle and injecting compensation direct current at the non-fault side, the saturation of the magnetic core of the high-frequency transformer is avoided, the peak value of the alternating current at the fault side can be controlled within a rated range, and the safety of devices at the fault;
FIG. 10b shows an embodiment of a rectifying side T5Under the fault, the AC voltage at the inverse side and the AC current at the primary side and the secondary side are expanded to form a curve under the normal state, and the current at the primary side and the secondary side has no DC component;
FIG. 10c shows an embodiment of a rectifying side T5Under the fault, the alternating voltage at the inverse side and the alternating current at the primary side and the secondary side are expanded to form a curve under the fault state (a fault-tolerant operation control scheme is not started), the direct current bias is generated on the fault detection alternating current, the peak value of the direct current is increased to 2 times under the normal working condition, and the alternating current at the non-fault side is unchanged and conforms to the theory;
FIG. 10d shows an embodiment of a rectifying side T5Under the fault, the curve is developed under the fault state of the alternating voltage at the inverse transformation side and the alternating current at the primary side and the secondary side (starting the fault-tolerant operation control scheme), and it can be seen that by reducing half phase shift angle and injecting compensation direct current at the non-fault side, the magnetic fluxes generated by the direct currents at the two sides are mutually offset, so that the magnetic core saturation of the high-frequency transformer is avoided, and the theory is consistent. The fault tolerant control method described above is still applicable when the power is reversed.
In the isolated dc converter of the above embodiment, when the active bridge power device on one side fails: (1) if the power device and the transformer continuously operate at the moment, due to the working mode and the operating characteristics of the power device and the transformer, a direct current component appears at a port of the transformer at the fault side, in order to ensure that the power device and the transformer operate within a rated current stress range, rated transmission power is reduced according to rated limiting conditions, and the current of the transformer and the power device is ensured to be limited within the rated range by changing a phase shifting angle; (2) in addition, the fault side transformer winding introduces a direct current component to cause the saturation of the magnetic core of the transformer, and the reverse direct current component is actively injected through the non-fault side transformer port to offset the direct current flux caused by the introduction of the direct current component at the fault side, so that the magnetic core of the high-frequency transformer is prevented from being saturated.
The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and the practical application, and not to limit the invention. Any modifications and variations within the scope of the description, which may occur to those skilled in the art, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.