Download or read book Voltage Control of a Matrix Converter as the Interface Medium for a Distributed Generation Unit written by Fang Gao and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis proposes and investigates application of a three-phase AC-AC Matrix Converter (MC), as an alternative to the conventional AC-DC-AC converter system, to interface a Micro-Turbine-Generator (MTG) unit as a Distributed Generation (DG) unit to a utility distribution grid. As compared with a conventional AC-DC-AC converter system, lack of storage elements in a MC results in a stronger coupling and interactions between the AC sides of the MC and thus necessitates more stringent control of the MC to prevent/mitigate such effects. This thesis develops a novel dynamic model of the MC to analytically investigate and quantify the interaction phenomenon and design controllers of the MC. This thesis introduces a novel voltage control strategy for the MC to enable operation of a MC-interfaced MTG (MTG-MC) unit in (i) a grid-connected mode, (ii) an autonomous (islanded) mode, and (iii) transition between the two modes. The control strategy also provides an inherent islanding detection method without non-detection zone, and disturbance ride-through capability. The proposed voltage controller is intended for operation of the MTG-MC unit under balanced grid/load conditions. The MC voltage controller is augmented with a negative-sequence current controller to enable the MTG-MC unit also to operate under unbalanced grid/load conditions as a DG unit. The studies reported in this thesis are based on eigen analyses of the overall system linearized dynamic model, in the MATLAB environment, and digital time-domain simulation studies of the system nonlinear model, in the PSCAD/EMTDC environment.