C. Validation of Frequency Domain Transformation D.

Transfonnation to ABC Frame Current Regulators

against Time Domain Synchronous Frame Regulator The end point of any current regulator development is to
From [2] and [4] the time domain form of a synchronous create a regulator structure which achieves zero steady state
frame DQ current regulator referred to the stationary frame error and is simple and effective to implement. Since all
can be expressed as: current regulators have as their measured inputs the ABC
phase currents, it make sense to consider whether a regulator
Vqds = XqdS + K p kqds* - i q d s ) (25)
can be directly implemented in the stationary ABC frame of
pxqds = K I k q d S * -iqdS)+Re‘ x q d s (26) reference, to avoid both DQ and synchronous reference
where: transformations. This can be done in either the frequency or
time domain, but there is some advantage in using the
frequency domain for comparison purposes.
Hence using the stationary frame ABC-DQ transformation
S*
Substituting “eqdS= iqd -iqds“ into (25) and (26) and given in (1 1). the three linear regulators considered in Table
1 can be transformed to the stationary ABC frame as shown
taking the Laplace Transform gives: in Table 2.
‘qd” xqds KPEqds (s) Figure 5 shows the ABC frame representation of the

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synchronous frame PI regulator, which is functionally
(s)= K , E , ~(s)+o,xds
sxqS (s)
equivalent to the frequency domain form of the synchronous
s x d S(s)= K ~ (s)-E o,xqS
~ (~s ) frame regulator given in Table 2. Note that similar to [2] and
[4] this implementation in the stationary frame feeds back the
Solving for X q s and x d s in terms of their respective error output variables and is a more efficient implementation than
terms gives: the direct forward transfer form shown in Table 2 since the
cross coupling terms do not have to be created separately but
are a direct consequence of the summations. Even so, the
complexity and cross coupling requirements for this
implementation compared to the simplicity of the new
resonant regulator in the ABC frame are clearly evident.
Substituting (29) back into (27) and putting into matrix v. SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL
RESULTS
form achieves the same result (30) as in Table 1 for the The three current regulators discussed in this paper have
synchronous frame regulator in the stationary frame and been investigated and compared in simulation, using a
hence verifies the validity of the frequency domain MATLAB based discrete time step representation of the
transformation. physical switched inverter system. This simulation gives a
very realistic output without the usual simplifying
assumptions that are present in many linear simulations, and
in particular allows the digital regulator delays of a real
system to be incorporated without difficulty.
Figure 6 shows the simulated steady state and transient
response of the stationary frame, synchronous frame and

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2K,s
K p +- K p +- 0
[vobl(.)I= s2 + W O 2
2KIs bo61(41
0 K p +- 2 2
s +WO
Staiionary PI regulator in ABCfrnme New Resonant Regulator in ABC frame

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KIs
Kp+----
& KIw,
2
S2+W02 3 S2+W0
-
2& -o
K , o
3 S2+W0 2
Synchronous PI regulator in ABC frame
Table 2: ABC Frame PI Current Regulators

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