Control Method for Improving Dynamic Characteristics of a DM-Coupled Inductor Boost Converter Using a 2D Look-Up Table

Seong-Wook Jeong, Dong-In Lee, Gyeong-Hyun Kwon and Han-Shin Youn ()
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Seong-Wook Jeong: Department of Electrical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Republic of Korea
Dong-In Lee: Department of Electrical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Republic of Korea
Gyeong-Hyun Kwon: Department of Electrical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Republic of Korea
Han-Shin Youn: Department of Electrical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Republic of Korea

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 24, 1-20

Abstract: This paper proposes a control method to improve the dynamic performance of a two-phase DM (Differential Mode)-coupled boost converter designed for applications such as hybrid vehicles and railway systems. A conventional boost converter can be modified to a two-phase interleaved configuration to reduce current ripple and incorporate a differential mode (DM)-coupled inductor to reduce the volume of magnetic components, thereby achieving a decrease in cost and volume. However, when this converter is operated using a conventional PI controller, significant issues arise, particularly in the discontinuous conduction mode (DCM), where dynamic characteristics and response times are considerably slow. For a conventional boost converter, the steady-state duty cycle during DCM operation can be calculated analytically and used for feedforward compensation in a current-duty controller. In contrast, the duty cycle of a two-phase DM-coupled boost converter during DCM operation exhibits non-linear behavior depending on input/output voltages and load conditions, making analytical computation infeasible. To address this, steady-state duty cycle data is extracted through experiments and simulations, and a Look-Up Table is constructed to perform feedforward compensation. Given the multiple input and output specifications, multiple Look-Up Tables are required, leading to excessive MCU (Micro Controller Unit) computation load. The proposed correction algorithm enables feedforward compensation in the DCM region with a single Look-Up Table for all input and output specifications, achieving improvements in dynamic characteristics and reducing MCU computational load. This method achieves a reduction in settling time by up to 77 ms, with a minimum improvement of 10 ms, thereby significantly enhancing the responsiveness of the converter.

Keywords: fuel cell; feedforward; DM-coupled inductor; DCM; boost converter (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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