Consider a 1.5 MW, 600 V, 50 Hz PMSG WECS.

The PMSG is connected to 600 V, 50

Hz balanced grid via diode rectifier, two-channel boost converter, and two-level voltage
source inverter. The inductance L1 (L2 = L1) and capacitance C values are 300 H and
3000 F, respectively. The duty cycle of single-channel boost converter is adjusted by a
feedback control system to keep the output voltage at its rated value of 1060 V in steady
state. The switching frequency is 2500 Hz. The PMSG is operating at 1.0 pu rotor speed
and stator line-line voltage is found to be 600 V. Calculate/answer the following when
the boost converter operates in steady-state:

(a) The input voltage and power to the boost converter

(b) The boundary inductor and output currents for each channel,
operating mode and duty cycle

(c) The peak-to-peak and average inductor currents in each

channel

(d) The peak-to-peak and average input currents

(e) The percentage inductor and input current ripples

(f) The percentage output voltage ripple if the boost converters

are interleaved and not interleaved
 a
The input voltage to the two channel boost converter
3 2
Vi VLL 1.35 600 810 V

The input power to the two-channel boost converter at 1.0 pu rotor speed.
Pi Pm , R m. pu 3 1500 103 1.0 1500 103 W
3

b
Assume that the converter is operating in the continuous conduction mode CCM
Therfore based on this assumption the duty cycle can be calculated as
V 810
D 1 i 1 0.2358
Vo 1060
the boundary inductor currents for each channel
VT
I LB I LB1 I LB 2 D 1 D o s
2L
1
1060
0.2358 1 0.2358 2500
2 300 10 6
=127.34 A
The boundary output currents for each channel
IoB IoB1 IoB 2 1 D I LB 1 0.2358 127.34 97.31 A
The total average output current of the interleaved converter is
Po Pi 1500 103
Io = = 1415.09 A
Vo Vo 1060
from which the average output current for each channel can be obtained by
Io1 Io 2 Io / 2 1415.09 / 2 707.54 A
Since Io1 Io 2 IoB , the converter operates in the CCM. Therefore, the assumption is valid.
Therefore, the duty cycle
D=0.2358
 c
The peak-to-peak inductor currents in each channel:
VT
I L I L1 I L 2 D 1 D o s
L
1
1060
0.2358 1 0.2358 2500
300 106
=254.69 A
The average inductor currents in each channel:
Io 1415.09
I L1 I L 2 925.86 A
2 1 D 2 1 0.2358
d
The total input current ripple
1
1060
VT 2500 254.68 A
Ii 2 1 2 D o s 0.2358 1 2 0.2358
L 300 106
The total input current of the boost converter is given by
Pi / Vi 1500 103 / 810 1851.85 A
Ii =
I o / 1 D 1415.09 / 1 0.2358 1851.72A
e)
The percentage inductor current ripple in each channel:
I L1 I L 2 254.69
27.5%
I L1 I L2 925.86
The total input current ripple can be found from
I i 254.68
13.7%
I i 1851.72
which is much lower than the inductor ripple current of 27.5%
in each of the channels.
The ratio of the total input ripple current I i ,
to the inductor ripple current I L of each channel is
I i 254.68
99.9%
I L 254.69
f
The load of the boost converter, which is the inverter,
can be modeled by an equivalent resistor as follows:
V 1060
Req o 0.749
I o 1415.09
the percentage output ripple voltage can be obtained by
Vo Ts 1/ 2500
0.11 0.11 1.95%
Vo 0.749 3000 106
Req Co
If the operation of the two-channel converters were not interleaved,
switches S1 and S2 would be turned on and off simultaneously.
The output ripple voltage would then be
Vo Ts 1 / 2500
D 0.2358 4.19%
Vo 0.749 3000 106
Req Co
which is around 2.15 times higher than that for the interleaved boost converter