TY - JOUR
T1 - Improvement of the design process of matrix converter platforms using the switching state matrix averaging simulation method
AU - Ibarra, Edorta
AU - Kortabarria, Iñigo
AU - Andreu, Jon
AU - De Alegría, Iñigo Martínez
AU - Martin, José Luis
AU - Ibañez, Pedro
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - The matrix converter (MC) is arousing considerable attention as an alternative for conventional ac/ac converters due to the advantages it offers. However, the control and modulation of this converter is complex. This, together with the fact that the MC usually operates at high modulation frequencies, makes the computational load of the platform to be simulated excessively high. All this makes the simulation time of models including the MC excessively long, even more so when both the transient and steady state of the system must be analyzed. This paper presents a new MC simulation technique called Switching State Matrix Averaging (SSMA). Although this is a fixed-step technique, a long simulation step can be used without forfeiting the accuracy of an ideal variable-step simulation. Likewise, the SSMA drastically speeds up the simulation, reducing the amount of required resources and the tuning time of the complex platforms in which the MC is used. A series of simulations has been performed in order to verify the proposed method. Moreover, a comparison between experimental and simulation results has been made, demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed method.
AB - The matrix converter (MC) is arousing considerable attention as an alternative for conventional ac/ac converters due to the advantages it offers. However, the control and modulation of this converter is complex. This, together with the fact that the MC usually operates at high modulation frequencies, makes the computational load of the platform to be simulated excessively high. All this makes the simulation time of models including the MC excessively long, even more so when both the transient and steady state of the system must be analyzed. This paper presents a new MC simulation technique called Switching State Matrix Averaging (SSMA). Although this is a fixed-step technique, a long simulation step can be used without forfeiting the accuracy of an ideal variable-step simulation. Likewise, the SSMA drastically speeds up the simulation, reducing the amount of required resources and the tuning time of the complex platforms in which the MC is used. A series of simulations has been performed in order to verify the proposed method. Moreover, a comparison between experimental and simulation results has been made, demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed method.
KW - Matrix converter (MC)
KW - modulation and control
KW - simulation
KW - Switching State Matrix Averaging method
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80053629041&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TIE.2011.2130504
DO - 10.1109/TIE.2011.2130504
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80053629041
SN - 0278-0046
VL - 59
SP - 220
EP - 234
JO - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
JF - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
IS - 1
M1 - 5735219
ER -