Rodriguez J., Cortes P. Predictive Control of Power Converters and Electrical Drives

Wiley, John & Sons, 2012. — 244 p.The application Model Predictive Control (MPC) controls electrical energy with the use of power converters and offers a highly flexible alternative to the use of modulators and linear controllers. This new approach takes into account the discrete and nonlinear nature of the power converters and drives and promises to have a strong impact on control in power electronics in the coming decades.
Predictive Control of Power Converters and Electrical Drives provides a comprehensive overview of the general principles and current research into MPC and is ideal for engineers, specialists and researchers needing:
a straightforward explanation of the theory and implementation of predictive control;
analysis on classical converter control methods and electrical drives control methods;
application examples and case studies demonstrating how control schemes have been implemented;
practice in running their own MatLAB(R) simulations through the companion website.
With the information provided, power electronics specialists will be able to start applying this new control technique. This book will help electrical, electronics and control engineers, R&D engineers, product development engineers working in power electronics and drives, and industry engineers of power conversions and motor drives. It is also a complete reference for university researchers, graduate and senior-level undergraduate students of electrical and electronics engineering, academic control specialists, and academics in electrical drives.ForewordClassical Control Methods for Power Converters and Drives
Model Predictive Control
Model Predictive Control Applied to Power Converters
Predictive Control of a Three-Phase Inverter
Predictive Control of a Three-Phase Neutral-Point Clamped Inverter
Control of an Active Front-End Rectifier
Control of a Matrix Converter
Model Predictive Control Applied to Motor Drives
Predictive Control of Induction Machines
Predictive Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors
Design and Implementation Issues of Model Predictive Control
Cost Function Selection
Weighting Factor Design
Delay Compensation
Effect of Model Parameter Errors
Appendix. Predictive Control Simulation – Three-Phase Inverter
Appendix. Predictive Control Simulation – Torque Control of an Induction Machine Fed by a Two-Level Voltage Source Inverter
Appendix. Predictive Control Simulation – Matrix Converter